Stand up
2012
In front of me on the gate line at the airport an old man just pushed an old woman onto the floor, tore his ticket in small pieces, threw it on her and left the gate saying no word. The woman kept lying on the floor, and started laughing very quitely. People looking shocked… (Facebook status quote)
CREDITS
Choreography: Anna Nowicka with Magdalena Ptasznik, Claire Vivianne Sobottke, Katarzyna Szugajew
Performance: Anna Nowicka, Magdalena Ptasznik, Claire Vivianne Sobottke, Katarzyna Szugajew
Visuals: Katarzyna Szugajew
Light Design: Sandra Blatterer
Sound: Koen Nutters
Mentors: Simone Aughterlony and Dr. Christiane Berger
Production: HZT Berlin
With the support of Art Stations Foundation, Poznań and University of Zagreb – The Student Centre – Culture of Change.
Premiere: 19 VI. 2012, Uferstudios, Berlin
Video link: https://vimeo.com/63809414
Password: standup
Soundtrack compiled by: Koen Nutters, Music by: Alvin Lucier (Music For Piano With Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators), Elgato (Zone), Florian Hecker (ASA 3), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (Part 1 of Conversations With Myself), J.S. Bach (Aria from Goldberg Variations), Traxman (Footworkin On Air);
Lyrics of ‘Bombs exploding over the country side” by Claire Vivianne Sobottke.
Special thanks to Adriana Josipović.
BIOS
Anna Nowicka, born 1982 in Rauma, founded with her husband Vladimir Gurewich, the Cao Dai Movement, a believers movement that is based on shifting and transforming processes in the universe and the logo-togical karasnas. She is the leader of the Fatfighters Brandenburg, and is currently writing her autobiography, “My life”, that will be published by “KRK” in 2013.
Claire Vivianne Maria Luise Laura Linda Jane Sobottke was born 1984 in Kazachstan. Following in her grand uncle’s foot steps, Anatoly Aksovov, she led a very successful candidacy in Russia’s the last president elections. Together with Vitali Grimpf she is leading the “Karl Marx Lesen und Lieben Lernen” school in Milos, Greece. She is currently developing a method for using insect energy to create electricity in order to stop atom power.
Magda Ptasznik, born 1960 in the United States of America, was raised a nudist within the alternative social cultures of San Francisco. She is an active member of SXO. Her activities in thny and flwy have made her an idol for both young and older thinkers. She has been lecturing at the Universities of Oxford, Harvard, as well as the Sorbonne in Paris, causing a scandal in the media and protests all over France. Currently, she is working as a dramaturg for R. Castellulli’s new creation: “Gaze and phrase”.
Miss Szu born 1987 in Gransee, is a mentor and financial supporter of the African artist Jean Lee Krett, who has repeatedly been awarded the Jaguar prize of Senegal over the past ten years. In Paris, she is running a 5 star restaurant, “Le coeur en viande,” which has become famous for its exquisite entrecote and chilli sauce. She is currently fluent in 8 languages. She is the front woman of the dutch hip hop band “Koeken.”
Koen Jeff Nutters born 1950 in Brasil, has for the past 20 years has been working for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yet, after an accident in which he lost four toes of his right foot, he was forced to quit. He is the creator of the “vegetable guillotine,” a special and technicaly advanced knife widely used in restaurants all over Europe. He wrote the hit song, “Count on me”, and is currently in a court process against Bruno Mars, claiming to be the creator of this song.
Sandra Libella Blatterer was born 1990 in Turkey. Since 2010, she has been the artistic director of Thalia Theater Hamburg. Her pieces, “Am Ende Kommt Das Vergnügen” and “mein lieber hund klaus” were invited to a number of international festivals, e.g. festival d Avignon and Theatertreffen Berlin. She is currently teaching acting in Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, and is scheduled to lead the Platform for creative minds and bodies 2013′ in New York.
