Programme - Zürcher Theater Spektakel

FranceClédat & PetitpierreHelvet UndergroundSwitzerlandGlaser / KunzPerformanceHAUS AM SEE FRI 16 to MON 19 August | admission free | PERFORMAtivE INSTALLATIONA huge chocolate-brown cuckoo clock in an empty space. The dooropens and two faceless figures covered in tulle appear. Hesitantly, theystart to dance, take mechanical steps towards and away from each other;every once in a while they wave. Are they human beings? Puppets?Robots? «Helvet Underground» is a creation by the duo Coco Petitpierreand Yvan Clédat. Their work oscillates between visual and performingarts while being an almost irritating combination of both: permanentsculpture and fleeting performance. Apart from devising their ownfascinating «sculptures à activer», Ivan Clédat collaborates with wellknownFrench directors such as Philippe Quesne. (> p. 11) (esc)HAUS AM SEE MON 26 to SAT 31 August | admission free | PERFORMAtivE INSTALLATIONDURATION 38 mins, drop in as you please | LANGUAGE GermanThe cinematographic sculpture by artists Daniel Glaser and MagdalenaKunz is an at times puzzling but always fascinating interplay of variousgenres and artistic resources. «Performance» lies somewhere betweenthe visual and performing arts, between live experience and sculpture.Five actors wearing monkey costumes rehearse a play. Social injustice,ecological disasters, political banter — this wild bunch tackles it all. Wewatch the troupe developing their play and witness their disputes overcertain script passages. But what is real and what is virtual? What is liveand what is looped? Glaser/Kunz lure us into a sophisticated multidimensionalworld, playing with perception and illusion and turningfiction into reality. (esc)42 43