Barcelona at the end of the century before last, roiled by anarchism, communism, Darwinism and spiritualism.
Image gallery
Dimonis / Dämonen
Jacint Verdaguer, one of the most influential authors in the Catalan language, works as a priest in the city's slums. In this role, he takes part in a number of exorcisms and records these experiences in his diaries.
His notes are astonishingly current - they explicitly address questions of ownership and alienation, the multiplicity of the body, social constructs, pandemic conditions, people's interactions with the world and marginalized bodies.
Together with the dancer Rocía Molina and the singer Niño de Elche, as well as a number of artists and scientists who deal with the concept of possession, cabosanroque have created a sound and image ceremony:
20 spectators are in the installation and become both passive and active subjects at the same time - surrounded by percussion with inflatable pool toys, the whispering of miniature speakers, beats on an old slatted frame and the spherical dripping of water.
- The audience is asked to use shoe covers.
- They move independently through the installation; there are no seats.
- Stroboscopic light effects and loud music are used.
- A short text is also available in English spoken language in the German version.
- (In German spoken and written language
- In English spoken and written language on November 8th at 8:00 p.m. + 9:00 p.m. and on November 10th at 3:00 p.m. + 4:00 p.m.)
Additional information
Concept, direction, creation, dramaturgy, sound design, composition, scenography cabosanroque (Laia Torrents Carulla, Roger Aixut Sampietro) Text Jacint Verdaguer, Maya Deren Original music cabosanroque and adaptions of »Veni Creator Spiritus« by Rabanus Maurus and »The Unanswered Question« by Charles Ives Light design Cube.bz, cabosanroque Video FRAU. Recerques Visuals Featuring Niño de Elche (Flamenco singer), Rocío Molina (Dancer), Enric Casasses (Poet), Manuel Delgado (Anthropologist), Gerard Horta (Anthropologist), Ricard Torrents (Verdaguer specialist), Carme Torrents (Musicologist), Lourdes Porquet (Virologist), Xavier Rebodosa (Virologist), Helena Pielias und Vicenç Viaplana (Video artists), Laia Torrents and Roger Aixut (cabosanroque), Núria Martínez Vernis (Poet), Jordina Boix (Head of the Jacint Verdaguer Foundation), Joan Solana Voices, Speakers of the German-language version Max Grosse Majench, Christina Schultz Translation into German: Àxel Sanjosé Co-production Grec 2020 Festival Barcelona, Temporada Alta 2019, La Filature Scène National de Mulhouse, Luís Coromina Foundation Funded by Kulturabteilung der Generalitat de Catalunya, Jacint Verdaguer Foundation With thanks to Casa Museu Verdaguer, Fachbereich für Sozialanthropologie der Universität Barcelona, CCCB (Centre of Contemporary Culture Barcelona), Enric Cassasses The German-language version is a work commissioned for the 2024 edition of Theater der Dinge and is supported by Institut Ramon Llull.
Dates
November 2024
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