Quantum
The Universe Machine
Stage Comic Social/Urban Movements Theatre & Performance
“If quantum mechanics has not profoundly shocked you, you have not understood it yet.” Niels Bohr
Quantum physics is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Sporting teleportation, Schrödinger’s cat as well as parallel dimensions, it keeps on providing ample material for science nerds as well as for science fiction. A brilliant resource for a new half past selber schuld stage comic strip!
Quantum – The Universe Machine scrutinises the interaction of physics, technology, politics, society, and human behaviour. The episodic, poetic scenes employ puppetry, projection, and music – paired with the unmistakable half past selber schuld wit. This latest concoction by congenial duo Ilanit Magarshak-Riegg and Sir ladybug beetle was conceived in close collaboration with experts from the Institute for the Didactics of Physics at Münster University. It presents the history, present, and future of a science that transports human imagination to its limits.
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cast
Text / Direction: half past selber schuld, Eli Presser
Music: half past selber schuld mit Dodo NKishi, Sven Kacirek, Lex Parka
Live-Team: Ilanit Magarshak Riegg, Frank Römmele, Eli Presser, Florian Deiss, Marko Erak Bonsink, Bruno Belil, Jonathan Peller, Markus Pattschull, Johannes Karl
Light Design: Tobias Heide
Music Mix: Dodo NKishi
Animation: half past selber schuld, Krischan Ahlborn
Puppets, Props, Set Design: half past selber schuld, Florian Deiss, Marko Erak Bonsink, Elena Gutina, Bruno Belil
Painting: half past selber schuld, Simone Letto, Björn Dressler, Oliver Räke, Jonathan Peller
Graphics: Krischan Ahlborn
Photos: half past selber schuld, Krischan Ahlborn, Tobias Heide
Illustrated booklet: Rosalie Heinen
Scientific consultation: Prof. Dr. Stefan Heusler
credits
Production: half past selber schuld
Coproduction: FFT Düsseldorf, Pumpenhaus Münster, Institut für Didaktik der Physik der Universität Münster/ Institute for the Didactics of Physics at Münster University (with funds from the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation)
Supported by the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kunststiftung NRW, the Cultural Department of the State Capital of Düsseldorf and Stiftung van Meeteren