THE LOVER – variation on location is an adapted version of THE LOVER characterised by a different spatial setup in order to perform the piece outside of the conventional theatre space. Bára Sigfúsdóttir developed and premiered this adapted version in the summer of 2015 at Theater aan Zee in Ostend (BE).
Moving between creation and destruction, THE LOVER – variation on location contemplates the complex relationship between humans and nature. In this adapted version, where the photographic installation of the original piece is not included, Bára’s body becomes central to the performance. In a barren environment she appears as a creature of flesh and blood, assailable and defenceless although curiosity and a desire to explore the world are still pushing her forward. Bára makes space for different structures, rhythms and energies to exist and influence each other’s evolution, questioning what is human, what is animal, what is nature, what is made by humans and what is organic.
“For practical reasons, the photographic installation could however not be rebuilt and included in the location version Sigfúsdóttir created in 2015 for the Ostend theatre festival Theater Aan Zee. Those who feared that the performance would lose expressiveness because of this were wrong: the necessarily pared-down location version stimulated the imagination at least as much, if not more, than the theatre version.”
- Evelyne Coussens, Theaterkrant, 19 October 2015
BY AND WITH: Bára Sigfúsdóttir
SCENOGRAPHY: 88888
MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN: Borko
LIGHTING DESIGN: Kris Van Oudenhove
DURATION: 45 minutes
PRODUCTION: Curtain Call Productions
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
CO-PRODUCTION: workspacebrussels, TAKT Dommelhof, Vooruit (in the frame of the European Network DNA (Departures and Arrivals))
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: wpZimmer, Dansens Hus Stockholm, de Warande, kc De Werf, CAMPO, kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek and Bora Bora Aarhus
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: the Government of Flanders, the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region, the French Embassy in Belgium (Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (SCAC)) and the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union