OKUBULA KWA BALAFU [eng. On the Disappearance of the Glaciers]

about the piece

The project was a research project on the artistic representation of climate data for performative scenarios. Using a data set on the worldwide retreat of glaciers, we found possibilities to translate this data into other media in order to be able to use it better in performative contexts. In this way, we try to make scientific models individually experienceable and thus achieve a greater understanding of climate change. To achieve this, we are working with HOLOVISION, a curtain specially developed for 3D projections. This system enables the detailed reproduction of holograms and 3D content. This research created the technical basis for the production “Songs & Dances about the Weather”. In this project, we combine the phenomenon of melting glaciers with the stories of African performers about the slow retreat of rainmaking rituals in many African societies. In this way, two phenomena of “disappearance” will be connected and overlapped with the means of digital theatre.

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credits

Concept: Christoph Winkler | Dance: Oluwafemi Adebajo, Ridwan Rasheed | Artistic collaboration: Zufit Simon | 3D modelling: Yaron Maïm |
Programming: Matthias Härtig | Data processing: Martin Böttger | Technical management: Björn Stegmann | Production management: Laura Biagioni

Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien in the NEUSTART KULTUR program, [Hilfsprogramm tanz:digital] of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.