Concept: Simone Aughterlony / Performance: Simone Aughterlony, Nic Lloyd / Dramaturgical advice: Jorge León und Sasa Bozic / Stage: Janina Audick / Costume: Judith Steinmann / Sound Design: Jan Stehle / Light Design: Florian Bach / Stage Technician: Jan Olieslagers / Sound Design: Susanne Affolter / Technical Director: Ursula Degen / Production Management: Anna Wagner / Production Assistance: Marie Schmieder und Lisa Ramstein
Simone Aughterlony & Nic Lloyd
After Life
Part of “The Biofiction Trilogy”
- Performance
- Dance
English /
Understandable without language /
75 min.
“After Life” is the second duo in “The Biofiction Trilogy” that marks the biography of a body by means of existential states: its presence in flesh and blood, post mortem and in view of im/possible futures. In “After life”, the performers appear as obfuscated post bodies that hover and haunt what is literally the other side of the spatial design where the first duo “Show and Tell” played out.
Nic Lloyd joins Simone Aughterlony on stage as iconic representations of body and soul. Together they question a contemporary conceptualization of the body and how that relates to our thoughts and musings on possible extensions of the body after life.
They like the idea of an eternal and mutating body and trust that it is within the body that the soul resides. Where else should it live? They physically process stages of (de) composition in the hope of rendering an extended history for the body – one that continues to transform and stretch into the future. How do the drives and urges we experience in life resonate when there is no body through which to fulfill them?
In the stasis of infinity, existence is not bounded by time. Here it is rather like an animated waiting room. There is music playing. It is soul music, of course. And here the existence of identities is even more vast and polymorphous than in the horror stories they tell of the living.
After the performance on 18 April: Talk with Bettina Knaup, Simone Aughterlony, Nic Lloyd and Jen Rosenblit.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Simone Aughterlony / Verein für allgemeines Wohl. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Gessnerallee Zurich.
Supported by: Stadt Zurich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zurich, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council.
The re-run is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
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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
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