ABSTRACT
HUMAN ERROR
we strive to exceed natural human abilities and explore new possibilities of our collective sense of being This performance aims to challenge perceptions and ignite the imagination, leaving viewers with a sense of wonder and curiosity about the nature of our existence in the age of AI. movement, music, visuals,more
FIELDS OF MEMORY
video by Hugh Frazer & bello benischauer old memories meet new movements a new sound-dance project of EXISTENCE THEATRE Dreams can be short but sometimes seem like an eternity. We wake up, glad that everyday life is more relaxed than the past dream. Movement patterns of the dancers serve as,more
NEW ARRIVALS
ABOUT This video installation expresses how we belong to land and culture, based on our individual and collective history and the ever-changing image of society. The port is explored as a place of transition, and as a local point of arrival and departure. The performers enact the connection between peoplemore
URBANISATION
performed by Emma Benischauer, Bugs Boyd, Shenae Coppola, Mayra Dinelli, Elisabeth Eitelberger, Jonia Guimaraes, Jack Hagan, Eden McCombe ABOUT In urban space, people of all ages meet and pass each other in different ways. Here we are, surrounded by movement and stillness at the same time. We can rushmore
DEPARTING MINDS
AUFBRUCHSGEISTER (DEPARTING MINDS) – experimental performance | Sound | Movement | Dramatic Enactment Performances: Friday, 14. Jan | Saturday, 15. Jan | Friday, 21. Jan | Saturday, 22. Jan – 8:30pm Venue: Old Customs House, 8 Phillimore St, Fremantle, WA, 6160 | Bar and doors open from 7:30pm | duration: approx. 60 minmore
# 01 PROGRESSION
CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE WESTERN WORLD DEPOSITED BY CAPITALISM We are humans holding point in space and time to create and communicate through the language of sound. To give form to the formless and voice to the voiceless in a dialogue and dance of intersecting rhythm and tone. Following the impulsesmore
LONELY MARS
Power | Guilt | Sacrifice | Isolation | Preserve Humankind: Are YOU a chosen one? This video gives insight into LONELY MARS, a strongly physical and emotionally energetic performance that engaged with audiences on various levels. While reconnecting to images of mothers of heroes and fallen troops, collective emotions andmore
ÜBERLAUF
ENGLISH below | VIDEOS | EINSICHT | PHOTOS | Hubnut | Performance text for a Temporary Ensemble Eine Auftragsarbeit für das 24. Internationale SZENE BUNTE WÄHNE Theaterfestival für ein junges Publikum ÜBERLAUF basiert auf einem abstrakten Performancetext in deutscher Sprache von bello benischauer, der ins Englische, Französische und Spanische übersetztmore
FRÖNEND
Synchronised Video Triptych: FRÖNEND | Performers: elisabeth m eitelberger and bello benischauer … our doubts… are like a gate… that we have to walk through… every single day… If we breath calmly and connect with space… emotionally, we can manage to keep our wariness at bay… dreams are men’s elixir of life…more
HAUNTED
the human creature … tries to take first place … no matter what … without any compromise … we even accept tremendous efforts … to reach success, prosperity and prestige … and if for any reason … a tiny piece is missing … we panic … Haunted – video acts question how we can actively position usmore
HUMAN RECYCLING PROJECT
What happens, when we can’t define and modify our immediate living environment? When we get dependent on the decision-making of others? When we leave our comfort zone to face paternalism, prejudice and/or degradation? This work, consisting of six separate video parts, plays with the viewer’s own imagination and individualmore
IT’S FINE NOW
Subsequently created to SYNCHRONISATION TRIAL and as a linkage to A PEACEFUL MIND (from the NO INTERMISSION series) and LAST WOOD (from the UNCONSCIOUSNESS series) the artists continue to address – in this video diptych – how our individually created footprints alter our environment, socially as well as environmentally. They show ironically and on a metaphorical level, howmore
LEDIG
… continues in the style of the EXISTENCE THEATRE, a term growing from a specific style of art performances, created by AIP that question certain aspects and daily banalities of human identity/identities in a globalised world, while depending on a strong experimental character and by using methods of improvisation/action. Whatmore
CURTAIN WHISPERS
art performances behind a transparent curtain An enclosed room with a view, a separate space – and two human beings. No window but a transparent curtain connects or disconnects/separates them from the actual viewer. The two individuals simulate daily routines of the outside world. While they are excluded from the realmore
UNTAUGLICH
a video installation: under the German title Untauglich, which means ineligible for military service, the artist looks into transnationally existing forms of social and/or political constraints. He addresses certain aspects of how we act and fit/do not fit into the generally expected behaviour patterns of a human life that one findsmore
INTROSPECTION
The Existence Theatre, which transforms/sets specific aspects of the improvised performance style of the Commedia dell’ arte into a present day perspective, recalls in this particular act (like AIP has done before in previous performances) the usage of the bauta*. The originally separate face-covering object/mask in white has blended nowmore
RICE 5.EXPERIMENT
UNCONSCIOUSNESS_EXPERIMENTS project series 2011 – based on multiple performance components: surveying culturally different but also alike actions and reactions of societal behaviour patterns in front of the camera The project series 2011 is based on multiple components of improvised and live performances. How do we fit into a society, into amore
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