Renens 2024
9 performers, saxophone player, corporate dress code, choreography, suitcases, coffee cups, lunch food, iPhones,
01:00:00, 2024
in collaboration with Gloria Viktoria Regotz and Philip Ortelli as Public Transport Project
Les Urbaines, Renens, CH
9 performers, saxophone player, corporate dress code, choreography, suitcases, coffee cups, lunch food, iPhones,
01:00:00, 2024
in collaboration with Gloria Viktoria Regotz and Philip Ortelli as Public Transport Project
Les Urbaines, Renens, CH
A performance within public space. Presented at Gare de Renens the piece is performed by 9 performers who re-enacted the mundane: linger around waiting as they clutch onto their suitcases, rush as if late to catch their trains, engage in small talk conversations with one another and take a quick break to eat their lunch meals. Minor fractures within their seemingly undisturbed existence emerged throughout: small failures like the collapse of a coffee cup or a body, an uncontrolled laughing fit, a saxophone player hitting disharmonious minimal notes or an incomprehensible feedback loop emanating from the performers phones and suitcases. Once the performance ends after its initial 30 minute run it simply loops back again. The piece is performed twice as a mirrored, repeating act - similar to that of our daily routines. Often the performers effortlessly blend into their environments as the public rush through the scene occupied with their daily lives, completely unaware of the performance taking place. At times making it difficult to distinguish - where the performance ends and where it begins.
Performers: Luca Büchler, Odile Fragnière, Lucie Froehlich, Gaia Del Santo, Golce, Martina Liendo and Deividas Vytautas Aukščiūnas, Philip Ortelli, Gloria Viktoria Regotz
Performance documentation by: Louis Victorin Michel