by Laura Mello
lauramello.org
22.11.2009 HÖRENSEHEN2.0 Festival
at Berlinische Galerie Berlin
with ENSEMBLE ADAPTER
Percussion: Matthias Engler
Flute: Kristjana Helgadóttir
Performance: Laura Mello
EyesWeb: György Pongracz
Sound Projection: Daniel Plewe
Costume design: Josephine Seeger
Video: Judith Klapper/Johanna Aust (with thanks)
Tonaufnahme: Kassian Troyer
DIRIGENT
The concept of interaction / reciprocity of actors, according to Wikipedia, is »the support that produces bounded products and conversations (Cybernetics)«. In this
piece, the „Conductor“ is used as a Metaphor for such complex relationships. In the musical world, the audience perceives him as the central figure of a process (the orchestral concert), where indeed multiple interactions happen, of whatever nature – musical, political or social. The production »Dirigent« is the result of a research into some of these possible relationships on the stage, without an orchestra but with several „Conductors“.