Inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s novel "Solaris" Libretto / Space / Choreography > Penelope Wehrli; Players > Andrea Hovenbitzer und Jo Kappl; Voices > Barbara Nüsse, Kyra Stratmann, Knuth, Hirche, Jo Kappl, Andrzej Wirth; Music > Hans Peter Kuhn; Costumes > Ellen Hofmann; Video > Momme Hinrichs, Torge Möller (fettFilm); Dramaturgy > Eva Hartmann A self contained universe stands in the center of the space: two identical rooms, that are mirror images of each other and that are connected through a narrow corridor with 2-way mirrors as walls. The rooms are inhabited by a man and a woman.
The spectators can move around this structure and look inside. They watch the everyday life of the inhabitants. Depending on their point in space they will see, hear and sense different facets of the whole. Standing close to the cubic space one can hear the voices of the man and the woman, their recordes thoughts and dialogs. The recorded texts from the Solaris Library can be heard only at a larger distance.
The light is programmed to show the regular changes from day to night and back to day. And the music - like electric tension in the air - seems to exist independent from text and activity, everyday sounds with associations all to themselves.
Action, projection, text and music are separatly running parallel aspects of the story. What is said, thought or done is not necessarly identical. A polyphonic caleidoscope
Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds der Bundesrepublik Deutschland and Fonds Darstellende Kuenste e.V., Bonn, funded by means of the Federal Republic of Germany.