Project “’Sound - Action - Space' - Cross Disciplinary Practices for Contemporary Performer” presents a result of a close exchange between the dancers Külli Roosna (Est/N) and Kenneth Flak (N), Farm in the Cave Ensemble, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art and artists / teachers and students.
The project aims to inspire further development of performers’ practices independently from limits of conventional theatrical expectations.
Sound, action, space. 3 supervising lecturers, 9 performers, and 10 observers. Training and transmission of creative practices , performance and dialogue and evaluations.
The project was created with the kind support of the EEA and Norway Grant 2014 - 2021 Fund for Bilateral Relations.
Farm in the cave worked with the project participants both in the rehearsal room of DOX Centre for Contemporary Art and the distinctive space of the Lucerna Palace.
Norwegian partner of the project: Roosna & Flak
The originally planned part of the project was Roosna & Flak’s workshop with project participants. Due to the pandemic situation, the workshop could not happen live in Prague, but the communication took place online. For the purpose of this project, Roosna & Flak created videos that can be watched here:
Roosna & Flak: Retrospective, where they map their previous work https://vimeo.com/488570756
Roosna & Flak: Sound Action Space, where they explain the specifics of their work within the framework of the theme sound - action - space https://vimeo.com/489414683
The public presentation of the project was prepared in the distinctive space of the Lucerna Palace - the performance Ephemera
https://farminthecave.com/projekty/31-efemery/
Due to the pandemic situation, the performance was transformed into a film, the preview of the film could be watched on 30 and 31 December 2020 on Farm in the Cave’s Facebook profile
https://farminthecave.com/projekty/32-efemery-film/
The premiere of the film Ephemera will take place on 28 January 2020.
The originally planned live meeting was moved to the online environment and could be attended by the general public via a live stream on Farm in the Cave’s Facebook profile. The stream was broadcasted on 14 December 2020. Lecturers Külli Roosna, Kenneth Flak, and Vilam Dočolomanský talked to performers and students about the possibilities of connecting movement and modern technologies, including examples of work.