Studio Antoni Arola, Arthur Haas (Choreography)

Antoni Arola is an award-winning designer and artist from Barcelona. For him, light is the beginning of all things, light is order, without light there would be no expression, only chaos. He has therefore made light the primary tool of his work and considers it to be the most interesting, subtle, ephemeral and original material. He places his work in both a philosophical and a poetic context; aesthetics are more important to him than the use of technology.

The installation “Limbo” was preceded by the desire to build with light, to create architecture with light. The result is a stage set in which he has created spaces in which people can wander around, enter and exit, with the viewer himself becoming an actor in the play. The “limbo” is defined as an intermediate stage. In this limbo, you enter a scene, a stage, and find yourself in a sequence of scenes that are controlled and directed by light and sound. Multiple spaces are created, a transparent labyrinth that is in constant transformation, a dreamlike space in which “real” perception takes a back seat.

Four dancers complement the scenery: Bruna Diniz Afonso, Elsa Kurz, Samuel Kirschner and Xianghui Zeng dance in a choreography by Arthur Haas, reinforcing the poetic impression and thus creating further aspects of perception.

Concept & realization: Estudi Antoni Arola
A co-production with: Llum BCN
Sound Design: Mans O
Production: Light Lumin Tecnoradio
Choreography: Arthur Haas
Dancers: Bruna Diniz Afonso, Elsa Kurz, Samuel Kirschner, Xhianghui Zeng
Technical realization: grafx live-marketing, Grazer Spielstätten

Dom im Berg

KLANGLICHT 2022