events

T:BA:08 | September 13 & 14th | show times @ 12:30p, 2:30p (30 min)

Physical Element is proud to host Vivarium Studio for an interactive performance.

Échantillons features members of Vivarium Studio situated behind our storefront window that is outfitted with a computer mouse which passersby are encouraged to click. By clicking on the mouse, the passerby sends one of hundreds of captioned fragments, play instructions, notes, situations, or special effects to the actors. The group inside responds to the directives of the device, moving in front of a white wall meant to represent a computer screen. A piece at the crossroads of performance, visual arts and theatre, Échantillons thwarts traditional frameworks of representation, and encourages a reconsideration not only of the methods by which audiences view performance, but also interrogates our collective dependence on technology and the barriers technology poses to genuine human interaction.

Philippe Quesne was born in 1970 and studied visual arts and graphic design at L’École Estienne and set design at L’École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. He has designed for opera, concerts, theatre performances, and contemporary art exhibitions. In 2003, he created Vivarium Studio in Paris, a laboratory for theatrical innovation which features painters, actors, dancers, musicians and animals. He conceived the multi-media piece, The Itching of the Wings (La Démangeaison des Ailes), which premiered in Dijon, then toured internationally, including an appearance at TBA:06. From 2004 to 2006, Quesne wrote, designed and exhibited Des Expériences, an evolving project set in such diverse spaces as an art gallery, a forest, a pond, and a wasteland. Recent works include D’aprés Nature (2006), L’Effet de Serge (2007) and La Mélancolie des Dragons (2008). His work is presented internationally.

Cost: FREE

www.vivariumstudio.net , T:BA:08 Festival