MANIFESTATIONS
or "the empty stage as an assertion of the world"
Premiere on February 2nd 20424, at Halle G, Tanzquartier, Vienna
In MANIFESTATIONS, Marta Navaridas further develops the artistic strategies applied in her previous work STOMACH (premiered at TQW Studios in 2022), in which she translated olfactory and gustatory experiences to the stage. In preparing for MANIFESTATIONS, the performers went through sight deprivation, smell overstimulation, fear-inducing night walks, virtual reality escape rooms, experimental eating sessions and rollercoaster rides. Their spontaneous verbal reactions were recorded and will be in-ear audio-prompted back to them, so they can mimic their own reactions and activate them on stage for the audience. Navaridas playfully blends the authenticity of lived experiences with the make-believe situation of the theatre, looking for fake realities in real fakeness.
