OPHELIAMACHINE CONTINUES
Take out Ophelia is a roving performance/experiment featuring a tragic chorus in unexpected places. The project is a derivative of the Ofeliakone/Opheliamachine performance at Teatteri Naamio ja Höyhen. Take out Ophelia places the physical chorus outside the usual theatrical context, reuses and remodels material from Ofeliakone, and so explores the physical expression of tragedy in unaccustomed ways. Take out Ophelia goes in art galleries as well as on the frozen sea, and may also include collaborations with other artists in their own media.
SU 12.3.2006
Oksasenkatu 11
Leena Kuumolan galleria / VÄLIVUOSI »
performance as a part of Petri Saariko's video installation
"Long live hate, loathing, rebellion, death."
A visually fascinating, silent tragedy is born. Out of a succession of female tragic characters, from Euripides' Medea to Heiner Müller's Ophelia, Ofeliakone (Opheliamachine) is created to bridge the gap between the chilling emptiness of postmodernism and the animate soul of the ancient Greek chorus.
Led by Italian-Swiss mime and physical theatre artist Davide Giovanzana, actors from Naamio ja Höyhen and The Laboratorium of the Tragic Space are building a performance about denial, refusal, the destruction of the self, and the destruction of the world. All of this in silence: the body is the means of expression for every idea, whether concrete or abstract.
When the protagonist is not locked into one body and voice, the tragedy becomes like a state of expression, as gestures and movement unlock emotions and thoughts that are different for every spectator.
Premiere 5.8.2005
Location: Höyhentämö, Korkeavuorenkatu 17, HelsinkiDirector: Davide Giovanzana
Performers: Akseli Aittomäki, Johanna MacDonald, Sofia Silfvast, Emma Säämänen, Juha Sääski
More information:
Davide Giovanzana, tel. +358 45 6522495, davide_giovanzana@yahoo.com
Festivals & schedules:
Johanna MacDonald, tel. +358 400 413343, johanna.macdonald@nh.fi
Akseli Aittomäki, tel. +358 50 5734063, akseli.aittomaki@nh.fi
Teatteri Naamio ja Höyhen www.nh.fi