The project IS IT A TRICK? is an immersive evening long stage production that is settled in the genres contemporary circus and installation.
In the center of the project is the empirical examination of the predominant viewing conditions of circus reception according to aesthetic, sociocultural and communicative aspects of viewing. The performance is set in an open stage situation without a preset auditorium. Within this area two key points are of special interest: the line of view on the one hand and the isolation of single components of a movement repertoire on the other hand. The focus of the artist is not directly on the object but is being directed via mirrors and shadows.
The artist (Sebastian Berger) developed some of the shown technic by himself and is the the only performer worldwide showing it on stage. In IS IT A TRICK? he questions, deconstructs and rearrange his artistic language.
RESIDENCIES:
- 2020 Shortlist circus next country committee (DE, AT, CH)
- 2020 Residency circus re:search Zürich
- 2020 Residency Festival on the edge-La Manege, WUK Vienna
- 2021 Residency Festival cirqu‘Aarau, Museum Aarau;
- 2021 Residency Zirkuszeit, Vienna
- 2021 Residency Katapult, Berlin
- 2022 Residency La Maison des Jonglages, Paris
- 2022 Residency Bears in the Park, Vienna
Premiere: November 2022 Kristallwerk Graz (AT)
Shown at (selection of most relevant performances): „on the edge – festival for experimental circus art“ Vienna (AT), „Galerie Kraft.Haus, Dornbirn (AT), Novacvernovka Theatre Bratislava (AT), Zirkusfest St.Pölten (AT),…
2023-2025 part of the research program BETA CIRCUS „participatory arts in circus“
RESIDENCIES
TRAILER:
TEAM
- Production: Cie FENFIRE
- Author, Performance: Sebastian Berger
- Artistic director: Christiane Hapt
- Outside Eye: Otmar Wagner, Sophie Eidenberger, Benjamin Richter, Van- Kim Tran, Romain Marguaritte
- Exhibits: Sebastian Berger, Christiane Hapt, Romain Marguaritte
- Photo: Romain Marguaritte, Nicholas Aubry
- Video: Christian Schratt
Special Thanks: Roman Müller, Philippe Riera
Financially supported by:
BMKÖS: Austrian federal ministry of culture MA7: Vienna municipal department of culture
