Loving the Aliens
Performance Digital Culture Theatre & Performance
Aliens are pop culture celebrities. In science, they are considered the epitome of maximum strangeness. Choreographic duo Spaniol Nardi explores the question of how we deal with the unknown through what-if scenarios. What happens when people meet a non-human counterpart? Who will speak for humanity? The United Nations? Tech billionaires?
The performance begins out in the open air in preparation for the first contact with an unknown species. Afterwards, the audience dives into an immersive space and goes on a journey oscillating between irritation, realisation, and curiosity. The play is an invitation to examine one’s own perspective. Are we willing to look in the mirror to find our own in that which is foreign?
cast
Artistic Direction, Choreography, Performance: Kathrin Spaniol, Morgan Nardi
Programming Digital Co-Production Lab Dortmund: Fabian Bentrup (Sound Artist), Michael Nguyen (Sound Artist), Laurin Bürmann (3D / Digital Artist), Florencia Alonso (Creative Coding / Digital Artist)
Visual Art: Pietro Cardarelli
Costume Design: Bee Hartmann
Dramaturgy: Robin Junicke
Public Relations: Sven-André Dreyer
credits
A production by Spaniol Nardi. Co-production partner FFT Düsseldorf. In co-production with the Digital Co-Production Lab Dortmund. In cooperation with Zentralbibliothek Düsseldorf.
Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Düsseldorf, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the North Rhine-Westphalian State Office for the Independent Performing Arts, the NRW KULTURsekretariat, and the Kunst- und Kulturstiftung (Art and Culture Foundation) of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf.