Laia RiCa / KMZ Kollektiv (SV/MX/CU/ES/DE)
Fünf Exponate
#GlobalePerspektiven
An evening with Alexander von Humboldt – scientist, eponym of the Humboldt Forum, second discoverer of America! In the role of both the discovered and the discoverers, three Latinx performers break the Humboldtian gaze. In sculptures, plants, stones and their own biographies they search for decolonial counter-histories: From two products – potatoes and plaster – they create a dazzling web of unsuspected images and dense narratives. In doing so, they illuminate how difficult it is to conduct a debate at eye level when there is a gap between the Western World and the Global South, a gap between “knowledge” and “belief”. The collective takes the Kogi people in Colombia, who are reclaiming their ritual masks from the Ethnological Museum at the Humboldt Forum Berlin, as an example.
The group from El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, Spain and Germany already dealt with colonial continuities in their multiple award-winning production “Kaffee mit Zucker?” (Coffee with Sugar?), which was shown as a tryout via livestream from the Erlangen Experimentiertheater in 2021. With the new material performance “Fünf Exponate” (Five Exhibits), they pick up where they left off, using biographical material and historical sources, video fragments and live music to create a visually powerful, dense in terms of content and sensual production.
“Once again the KMZ collective creates a thematically intense confrontation in a way that is both artful and humorous. Outstanding is the great desire to experiment in dealing with materials on stage as well as with all other available theatrical means. In short: absolutely worth seeing!” (Fidena, The Current Review)
The performance will be presented with audio inscription, introductory talk and stage tour for visually impaired audiences.
Join us for an artist talk in German after the production on 21st May.
Presentation: Dr. Dorothea Pachale – Institut für Theater- und Medienwissenschaft, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
An evening with Alexander von Humboldt – scientist, eponym of the Humboldt Forum, second discoverer of America! In the role of both the discovered and the discoverers, three Latinx performers break the Humboldtian gaze. In sculptures, plants, stones and their own biographies they search for decolonial counter-histories: From two products – potatoes and plaster – they create a dazzling web of unsuspected images and dense narratives. In doing so, they illuminate how difficult it is to conduct a debate at eye level when there is a gap between the Western World and the Global South, a gap between “knowledge” and “belief”. The collective takes the Kogi people in Colombia, who are reclaiming their ritual masks from the Ethnological Museum at the Humboldt Forum Berlin, as an example.
The group from El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, Spain and Germany already dealt with colonial continuities in their multiple award-winning production “Kaffee mit Zucker?” (Coffee with Sugar?), which was shown as a tryout via livestream from the Erlangen Experimentiertheater in 2021. With the new material performance “Fünf Exponate” (Five Exhibits), they pick up where they left off, using biographical material and historical sources, video fragments and live music to create a visually powerful, dense in terms of content and sensual production.
“Once again the KMZ collective creates a thematically intense confrontation in a way that is both artful and humorous. Outstanding is the great desire to experiment in dealing with materials on stage as well as with all other available theatrical means. In short: absolutely worth seeing!” (Fidena, The Current Review)
The performance will be presented with audio inscription, introductory talk and stage tour for visually impaired audiences.
Join us for an artist talk in German after the production on 21st May.
Presentation: Dr. Dorothea Pachale – Institut für Theater- und Medienwissenschaft, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Performance
Material Theatre
Material Theatre
Performance: Laia RiCa, Antonio Cerezo
Concept, Artistic Direction: Laia RiCa, Antonio Cerezo, Ruschka Steininger
Visual Design, Live-Visuals: Daniela del Pomar / Dramaturgie: Ruschka Steininger
Sound, Live-Music: Yahima Piedra Córdova
Stage and Lighting Design: Sebastián Solórzano
Costume: Anne Buffetrille
Production, Artistic Collaboration: Heleen De Boever, Rodrigo Zorzanelli
Advisor, Public Relations: Anne Brammen
Assistant to the Producer: Alexandra Hernández Ceaicovscaia
Audio description: Nicolai Audiodeskription
Concept, Artistic Direction: Laia RiCa, Antonio Cerezo, Ruschka Steininger
Visual Design, Live-Visuals: Daniela del Pomar / Dramaturgie: Ruschka Steininger
Sound, Live-Music: Yahima Piedra Córdova
Stage and Lighting Design: Sebastián Solórzano
Costume: Anne Buffetrille
Production, Artistic Collaboration: Heleen De Boever, Rodrigo Zorzanelli
Advisor, Public Relations: Anne Brammen
Assistant to the Producer: Alexandra Hernández Ceaicovscaia
Audio description: Nicolai Audiodeskription
Co-Produced by FITZ Stuttgart, internationales figuren.theater.festival Erlangen, Schaubude Berlin, Theater Rampe / Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa / Implemented by Netzwerk Freier Theater – project funded by Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien über das Programm „Verbindungen fördern“ des Bundesverbands Freie Darstellende Künste e. V.
© INBAL/CITRU | Foto: Gabriel Morales
© INBAL/CITRU | Foto: Gabriel Morales
© INBAL/CITRU | Foto: Gabriel Morales