We have chosen to forget what we think we know about the theatre, dance, collaboration, music, technology, community, storytelling, publicness, situation, event, intimacy, body, presence.
We left those preconceived notions behind in order to search for their renewal.
So, as it is often the case inside the maze, we keep moving backward in order to move forward in more than one sense:
We are retreating toward death so that we can
discover how to live.
We are joining together so that we can again
understand theatre.
We are engaging a resting subject so that we can recover a resonating object.
We are reclaiming the sculptural volume of the body in order to make it dance.
We are discovering the origin of music in sound in order to listen deeply.
We are inviting you to be invited by you.
We are seeing you in order to be seen.
Because what was before will come back again,
as new.
Or at least - that is our hope.
People:
Music and electronics: Julia Giertz
Choreography and perfomer: Marie Topp
Dramaturgy: Igor Dobričić
Programming PD/Bela:John Chantler
Programming Arduino: William Rickman
String instruments: Julia Giertz and Felix Ahlberg Ericsson
Metal resonators: Samuel Norup
Production: Carlos at Visible Effects
Final photo/film by Erik/Studio Kupol and John Chantler
Special thanks to: Cara Tolmie, William Rickman, Sergey Filatov, Tarek Atoui, Camilla Barratt Due, Elof Hällström, Sebastian Dahlqvist & everyone at MARC and Hägerstens Medborgarhus
We left those preconceived notions behind in order to search for their renewal.
So, as it is often the case inside the maze, we keep moving backward in order to move forward in more than one sense:
We are retreating toward death so that we can
discover how to live.
We are joining together so that we can again
understand theatre.
We are engaging a resting subject so that we can recover a resonating object.
We are reclaiming the sculptural volume of the body in order to make it dance.
We are discovering the origin of music in sound in order to listen deeply.
We are inviting you to be invited by you.
We are seeing you in order to be seen.
Because what was before will come back again,
as new.
Or at least - that is our hope.
People:
Music and electronics: Julia Giertz
Choreography and perfomer: Marie Topp
Dramaturgy: Igor Dobričić
Programming PD/Bela:John Chantler
Programming Arduino: William Rickman
String instruments: Julia Giertz and Felix Ahlberg Ericsson
Metal resonators: Samuel Norup
Production: Carlos at Visible Effects
Final photo/film by Erik/Studio Kupol and John Chantler
Special thanks to: Cara Tolmie, William Rickman, Sergey Filatov, Tarek Atoui, Camilla Barratt Due, Elof Hällström, Sebastian Dahlqvist & everyone at MARC and Hägerstens Medborgarhus
Material:
Bela
IR-sensors
Plywood
Beechwood
Masurwood / vril
Speechsynthesis
Coil-microphones
DMX/PWM converters
Transducers
Plastic belts
Copperwire
Tuning pegs
DC-motors
Amplifiers
Korg MS20
Eurorack
V-synth
Strings
Buchla
Metal
Bela
IR-sensors
Plywood
Beechwood
Masurwood / vril
Speechsynthesis
Coil-microphones
DMX/PWM converters
Transducers
Plastic belts
Copperwire
Tuning pegs
DC-motors
Amplifiers
Korg MS20
Eurorack
V-synth
Strings
Buchla
Metal
Watch a trailer of Maze on YouTube
Photos in order of apperance: John Chantler, Erik at Studio Kupol, Julia Giertz
Maze is the second work in a series consisting of three reflections on time and existence. Staged in different formats, spaces, and temporalities, the
series will process the relationship between the inner and outer worlds and reflect on what existence is in a world of decay.
About the artists
Marie Topp and Julia Giertz have been collaborating for ten years and have created a number of works. Their artistic practices meet at the intersection between choreography and sound art. Together with lighting designer Mårten K Axelsson and dramaturgist Igor Dobričić, they have formed a distinctive expression through intentionally crafted minimalism that holds space for the movement of time.
Their works have been shown at MDT (Stockholm), Dansehallerne, Inkonst Malmö Takkelloftet/Operaen (KBH), and Kampnagel (Hamburg) amongst others.
Maze shows:
October 2023 Marc in Knislinge
16 - 17 Mars Hägerstensåsensmedborgarhus, Stockholm
20-25 Maj Sydhavnsteater, Copenhagen
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