© Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker
A performance comes about by way of a specific combination of all manner of
elements, including the performers, movements, the hall, the sound, the
text, the audience, objects and so on. Thanks to the countless combinations
of all these parameters, the possibilities of a theatre – the space – are
equally unlimited. Some have already been worked though in the past. Others
still have to be put to the test, and many possibilities are never
realized. How do we make an archive for these potential situations and
narratives?
Inspired by this question, two years ago, deepblue created a performance
centred on a comparison between a theatre space and an archive. For On
Gaps and Silent Documents, they have now translated this performance
into a three-dimensional installation. Viewers or members of the audience
determine their own trajectory through a series of miniature scenes.
Messages in computer language and the evolution in sound suggest that what
we perceive as dead objects can assume a certain autonomy and authority.