Scenes of war, combat or torture are depicted on stage. Mental health and depression are thematised. Strobe light effects are used.
Creamcake
3hd 2024: The Shadows That Linger
See No Evil
Damsel Elysium
Cristine Brache & Sigrid Lauren: “Goodnight Sweet Thing”
- Music
- Performance
160 mins. incl. intermission
For the 10th edition of 3hd, this year entitled “The Shadows That Linger,” the three-week interdisciplinary festival probes the realm of the uncanny, where the ordinary becomes strange in an always-already defined by digital technology, nostalgia, and deterritorialization. The program’s “See No Evil” event at HAU Hebbel am Ufer presents two performances exploring notions of social agency and responsibility, and its definition in relation to existing norms and conventions. Perspective, interpretation, and projection are some of the psychological themes that haunt the work of Cristine Brache and Sigrid Lauren’s “Goodnight Sweet Thing.” The forty-minute live performance art piece unfolds over three Acts, beginning with a deconstructed Jello wrestling match between protagonists Mary Magdalene and Nothing Girl—two parts of the same mind in literal and psychic conflict—before the scene transforms into a Victorian psychoanalysis session and then crescendos with a 1950s American prom motif. Adapted from Brache's poetry collection of the same name, the performance intertwines poetry, movement, and a score by Ryan Woodhall, to explore the internal battle for authenticity, and examines its complex relationship with societal pressures and authority.
Damsel Elysium envisions an alternative world altogether. The multi-instrumentalist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist creates an expressive realm outside language. Damsel draws on their recent Whispers From Ancient Vessels release on AD 93 to enact a collection of tales and “speakings” in immersive live performances that unite sound, plants, and ritual. Their raw and organic soundscapes combine ethereal whispers with the rumbling resonance of their double bass, piano, and field recordings to evoke the voices of nature itself, speaking to its "beautiful evil" by engaging with the earth in all its sublime complexity.
“Goodnight Sweet Thing” reflects on the complexities of masking and societal performance in several distinct ways via overlapping historical time periods, customs, and traditions.
Running for over two evenings, the “See No Evil” double-bill will include a one-hour intermission and afterparty with DJ sets by slimgirl fat playing the Friday, and Alice Z Jones on Saturday.
Goodnight Sweet Thing
Based on “Goodnight Sweet Thing” by Cristine Brache
Directed and Adapted: Cristine Brache and Sigrid Lauren
Starring: Betsey Brown, Emily Allan, Joshua Weidenmiller
Score and Sound Design: Ryan Woodhall
Choreography: Sigrid Lauren
Set Design: Cristine Brache
Fashion Direction: Bunny Lampert
Costume Design: Bunny Lampert & Destroyer of Worlds
Hair & Make-up: Maria Manrubia
Supported by: Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Dates
Past
Further Information
Visitor note
Notes:
DJs: DJ slimgirl fat (Friday) & Alice Z Jones (Saturday)
Credits
Curation and organisation: Creamcake. In collaboration with: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Checkpoint Charlie Foundation.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
