Park
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Concept: Stefan Prins.
Performance & concept: Shila Anaraki. Scenography & light: Simon Siegmann. Dramaturgy: Adva Zakai & Lars Kwakkenbos. Artists on stage: Shila Anaraki, Stefan Prins and Zwerm. Thanks to: wp Zimmer, Pianofabriek and Cohort. Park is a production of Zwerm. Coproduced by Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, DeSingel, Champ d’Action and Workspace Brussels. With the support of the Flemish CommunityMusic |
A collaboration between Shila Anaraki, Stefan Prins and Zwerm in which the human bodies follow a digital logic and computers give musical instructions.
Think of a body in stand-by, a short-circuited thought, a human brain processing at a frequency of 5 GHz...
In PARK, six computers form a communication network that provides six performers with real-time instructions. PARK confronts the human body with a digital logic. It plays with the border of the human's presence and absence in technology and embodies a puzzle in which they outline each other. With playful precision we investigate strategies of embracing, resisting, adapting, disrupting or short-circuiting these technical surroundings. Who infiltrates what, and what infiltrates whom? PARK inhabits a peculiar network, which sputters in a much outmoded way.
PARK is a first collaboration between Shila Anaraki and Stefan Prins. Together they depart from 'Infiltrationen', a composition of Stefan Prins for 4 electric guitars and a live-electronics performer. Central to this composition is the notion of technology infiltrating the conditio humana on several levels. Shila is a performer and choreographer. An important part of her work is dedicated to collaborations within the contemporary music field. In these liaisons, Shila looks for hybrid concepts from which the work can arise.
Think of a body in stand-by, a short-circuited thought, a human brain processing at a frequency of 5 GHz...
In PARK, six computers form a communication network that provides six performers with real-time instructions. PARK confronts the human body with a digital logic. It plays with the border of the human's presence and absence in technology and embodies a puzzle in which they outline each other. With playful precision we investigate strategies of embracing, resisting, adapting, disrupting or short-circuiting these technical surroundings. Who infiltrates what, and what infiltrates whom? PARK inhabits a peculiar network, which sputters in a much outmoded way.
PARK is a first collaboration between Shila Anaraki and Stefan Prins. Together they depart from 'Infiltrationen', a composition of Stefan Prins for 4 electric guitars and a live-electronics performer. Central to this composition is the notion of technology infiltrating the conditio humana on several levels. Shila is a performer and choreographer. An important part of her work is dedicated to collaborations within the contemporary music field. In these liaisons, Shila looks for hybrid concepts from which the work can arise.
