OPHELIA ON THE RED ISLAND

SHE WAS MEANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR BUT WENT TO THE RIVER INSTEAD

MAKING OFF

MERCHANDAISE

A collaboration with Hungry Ayes Feat. Devin Levin on the Drums

September 2019 Uferstudios Berlin

SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY VALUE PUT IN THE RIVER WOULD BE DRAGGED AWAY BY ITS WATER. SHE SAID
"I WON'T STAY IN THE RIVERSIDE AND WATCH IT MARCH AWAY"

OPHELIA ON THE RED ISLAND IS A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTER'S MADNESS
IT WANTS TO QUESTION THE REASONS THAT BROUGHT HER TO TAKE HER LIFE TO THE RIVER'S WATER
IT STEMS FROM A DEEP RESPECT TO HER DETERMINED DEPARTURE
IT DOESN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE DRAMA OF A HEARTBREAK AND YET IT INVITES OTHER SPECULATIONS AROUND HER DEATH

WE DIVED INTO EXTENDED IMPROVISATIONS WITH COSTUMES OBJECTS AND ANARCHY, WHERE WE FED EACH OTHER WITH TASKS LIKE "SOMEONE HAS KILLED YOUR RED DOG, DANCE A DANCE OF GRIEF AND REVENGE"
THROUGHOUT THE LONG IMPROVISATIONS SIDE CHARACTERS LIKE THE RED MONSTER (INSPIRED BY ANNE CARSON'S BOOK "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED")
A DEAD SEAL (INSPIRED BY THE DOCUMENTARY ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE "OUR PLANET"), THE KING, THE QUEEN AND THE MINOTAUR EMERGED AND BECAME A PART OF THE RE-TELLING OF OPHELIA'S STORY

WE, AS MAKERS AND PERFORMERS, DID NOT TRY TO AGREE ON THE NARRATIVE, BUT WE ALLOWED THE SHOW AND THE MAKING TO BE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY, MAYBE AS A RITUAL FOR LIFE VS. A RITUAL FOR DEATH TAKING PLACE SIDE BY SIDE.