On Stage
Expectations are at the forefront of On Stage. A solo figure casually installed at the front of the stage morphs seamlessly from one iconic image to the next. The enacted poses, all infiltrated in a mode of a grand presentation, are held in long frames of stillness, giving time to the viewer to see each embodied position. The sound score moves in and out of recognisable references building an emotional world of a spectacle meant to take place. The lighting design enhances the performer’s spatial choice by revealing them as the central figure, performing here and now for their audience. Performative archetypes are in play while duration takes over. The performer’s intensity becomes visible and almost tangible, and an intimate exchange with the audience is at stake.
Artist Talk following the show on Sat 25.11. Pieternel Vermoortel (Senior Curator, steirischer herbst) in conversation with Maria Hassabi. In English
is an artist and choreographer working with live performance, installation, sculpture, photography, and video. Her works have been presented at Secession, Vienna; Centre Pompidou, Paris; K20, Düsseldorf; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; MoMA, NY; Hammer Museum, LA; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; The Kitchen, NY; documeta14, Kassel; Performa, NY; 55th Venice Biennale, amongst others.
Credits
Performed by Maria Hassabi Sound design Stavros Gasparatos, Maria Hassabi Lighting design Aliki Danezi Knutsen Clothing Victoria Bartlett, Maria Hassabi Assistance Elena Antoniou, Maribeth Nartatez Line producer/dramaturg Ash Bulayev Management, distribution Rui Silveira, Something Great – On Stage is a production by Maria Hassabi in collaboration with Something Great, co-produced by Tanzquartier Wien, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Julidans, Taipei Arts Festival / TPAC – Taipei Performing Arts Centre.
No spoken words