Kònic thtr

This new performing arts creation from Kònic thtr fuses dance, science, technology and society into a mould-breaking format. It examines the relationship between the human and the non-human and seeks to reflect upon the hierarchy humankind imposes upon other species. It explores inter-species relationships at both a micro and a macro level, the place where the structuring of the hierarchies between living, dynamic organisms takes place, inside and outside of our body. The stage is a smart device that simultaneously combines a variety of media: image, sound, light… all of which become visible or audible due to the active participation of the performers. An integrated interactive sound and 3D visual system, for a sensitive, participative eco-techno-staging.

The body as part of the landscape, and the landscape as part of the body. The body in action, dance interrelated with the performance’s bio-techno-devices, take us on a dramatic and choreographic journey, an in-exo-corporeal narrative that ranges from microscopic introspection inside the human body, embracing its cells and the other entities living within it, to an outside viewpoint showing the body immersed within the landscape.

Kònic thtr is an artistic platform dedicated to contemporary creation, straddling the boundaries of art, science and new technologies. Kònic thtr’s artistic projects draw their inspiration from forms of representing and understanding the body in our highly technological society, using the languages of choreography and digi-dramaturgy. This innovative company has become a benchmark in the Catalan arts scene and has, since the beginning of the 1990s, produced a range of research and development-based performance and visual arts projects.
Kòniclab provides the framework for research into, experimentation around and the development of the technological tools implemented in Kònic thtr’s interactive projects, including interactive devices, mobile apps and ad hoc software for networked composition. Rosa Sánchez and Alain Baumann provide the conceptual, creative and technological driving force behind Kònic thtr—Kòniclab.

This show is included in the expanded ISEA2022 schedule.

Choreo-dramaturgy and stage direction Rosa Sánchez / Music Alain Baumann / Choreographic advice Raquel Gualtero / Performers – dance Raquel Gualtero, Maria Ganzaráin, Mila Ercoli, Rosa Sánchez, Alain Baumann / Technological direction – interactive software development Alain Baumann / INTERACTIVE 3D ENVIRONMENT Concept and direction Rosa Sanchez and Alain Baumann / Interactive 3D environment development, Lead Game design & programmer Alex Martínez Casala / Artistic design Alan Martínez Mata / Set design and technical direction María de Frutos / Costume Laura García Martos / Lighting design Marc Lleixà / Photography and video teaser Mila Ercoli / Technical Assistance Gerard Valls / Biotechnology Advice Aroa Ejarque. Laboratoris CESAR – ETOPIA / Immersive Audio Consultancy Santiago Latorre. AudioLab – ETOPIA
Production Koniclab / Co-production Mercat de les Flors / With the support of Instituto de Cultura, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona; Departamento de Cultura; Generalitat de Catalunya / In collaboration with Fabra i Coats, fàbrica de creació; ENTI. Escola de Noves Tecnologies Interactives de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona); DanzaTrayectos, Laboratori de Dansa i Nous Mitjans (Saragossa); ETOPIA Centre d’Art i Tecnologia (Ajuntament de Saragossa); AdWindow Creative Projection Films; BAU, Centre Universitari d’Arts i Disseny de Barcelona

Conversation after the show: June 10 with Rosa Sánchez | Alain Bauman (Kònic Thtr&lab.), Raquel Gualtero (performer and choreographic advice), Maria Ganzaráin (performer) and Mila Ercoli (performer and photo). Lead by: Àngels Margarit (Mercat’s art director)

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