A Silent Chorus
WE ARE SEARCHING FOR OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS for a one-hour performative monument in an urban space. people of all ages and linguistic backgrounds are welcome. We ask that the participants take a genuine interest in the project and take part both in a four-day workshop and in the urban intervention on October 19.
EXPLOSION OF SILENCE – a silent chorus
by Claudia Bosse and the project participants
an urban interruption
a performative monument
a multicultural manifesto
take part in a silent chorus in the middle of the city
take part in a living social sculpture
take part in a performative choreography
take part in an oral history creation
take part in a monumental interruption
take part in a multicultural manifesto
give your voice to a whispered polyphonic narration of today’s society
in EXPLOSION of SILENCE – a silent chorus, a group of over 100 people of all ages and linguistic backgrounds and with diverse ways of life will gather at one place and form a silent chorus, a formation that will take over the space and bring it to silence. in the course of the hour-long intervention, there will be a choreographed sequence of movements, quotidian gestures and alterations of positions. after about 50 minutes, each chorus-participant will begin to whisper loudly and recite his or her biography in his or her respective native language. hereafter the formation will dissolve and each person will exit the space separately. EXPLOSION OF SILENCE– a silent chorus conquers public space to negotiate social differences. public space thereby becomes a temporary archive of a multicultural society.
claudia bosse is an artist, choreographer and director. she develops performances, theatre works, multimedia installations and urban interventions internationally.
theatercombinat is a company for the production of independent works of art and theatre, led by artist and director claudia bosse. the productions, designed for specific places, create innovative, experimental spaces for action and perception at the intersection of theatre, installation, choreography, performance and discourse.