INTO THE DIRT
INTO THE DIRT
New sound installation by Dimitri de Perrot
Opening @ Festival Archipel 2023 - Geneva, March 31 - April 9 2023
INTO THE DIRT is a soil we can listen to, sit or lie down on. It stands in the centre of an urban situation. You can listen to the goings-on in, on and around it - however you like. If we direct our ears to what is happening at foot level, we can focus on the hustle and bustle around us in a completely new way. It's about getting involved in the moment of now and sharpening our senses by becoming aware of our immediate surroundings.
INTO THE DIRT offers the opportunity to pause for a moment in the midst of the spectacle of everyday life, a small moment for a different perspective: What if we humans are not the centre of attention, but part of a greater whole?
This work is part of a broader research episode for the installative theatre project UNTER UNS on the subject of soil, premiering on 7 November 2024 at the Gessnerallee Zurich. In this context, various works were created around the themes of hearing, soil and coexistence. Further research stations are the sound and wind installation IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING from 21.6. - 23.6.2024 at the Broek Festival / NoNa in Mechelen, Belgium as well as a new version of INTO THE DIRT for the Zürcher Theater Spektakel (15.8. - 1.9.2024).
CREDITS
Idea, music, sound design, stage design and artistic direction: Dimitri de Perrot
Sound design - mix and technical realisation: Max Molling
Stage design - planning and construction: Leo Hoffmann
Stage design - colours: Franziska Born
Communication & Think Tank: Christoph Meier
Co-Production: Festival Archipel Genève, Verein Studio DdP
This work is part of a broader research episode for the theatre project UNTER UNS on the subject of soil, which will premiere on 7 November 2024 at the Gessnerallee Zurich and in the realisation of which the following persons, institutions and funding bodies are also involved:
Research and collaboration: Tina Bleuler, Jessica Huber, Anna Papst, Patrik Rimann, Julian Sartorius.
Co-production: Gessnerallee Zurich, Verein Studio DdP.
Partner theatres: Le Centquatre Paris, Broek Festival/NoNa - Mechelen, Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
Supported: Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Stiftung Corymbo, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, Else v. Sick Stiftung.
Thanks to: Dampfzentrale Bern, Lydia Kluge, Urs Meier/Luft & Laune, Peter Sauter/Nullachtsechzehn, Schroeder fire balloons, ZAZ Bellerive - Zentrum Architektur Zürich.
The city of Zürich and Kanton Zürich support the projects by Dimitri de Perrot/Studio DdP with multi-year grants. The new support period will run until the end of 2027 (concept grant / multi-year group grant 2024-2027).
Dimitri de Perrot is «Artist in Residence» at Le Centquatre – Paris and «house artist» at the Gessnerallee Zürich.
Photo © DdePerrot