5 streams

5 STREAMS (2006 – 2007)

performance installation

A huge video screen in the shape of a horse shoe functions both as a catwalk and as a highway to the sky. Three dancers perform actions/movements that are freely based on the classical Indian khatak-dance technique and on pedestrian movements. Three live musicians play live music aside from this stage. A vj mixes live 5 different video streams that are projected on this installation construction. Explosive sounds, vocals, intense khatak- inspired sequences, video streaming, live percussion and base guitars are combined to create a hypnotic performance where space transforms into living architectural symbols, video projection immerses in nature and the abstraction of geometry. Sound trembles through the body before it is heard and the audience is invited to wander and meditate in an interactive installation of a synthetic forest with each its own interactive sonic mix: this cross media performance / installation includes an international team of artists.

The piece was made in made in collaboration with performers: Violetta Perra, Javier Murugarren, Aparna Kolar, voice : Naseem Abbas, composition : Norscq with Nicolas Marmin Aka bondage & Nicolas Lelievre, costumes : Aziz Bekkaoui, video live mix : Marc Perroud a.k.a. tzèd and dramaturgical advice of Maaike Bleeker, production team : J. Ryan Graves, Vladimir Petkovic.

Commissioned by Asia Society New York in association with Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. A reworked version was presented in Springdance Festival, Utrecht and at the National Museum of Singapore commemorating its 150 anniversary in 2007.