Figures passing through, cars pass on by, looks that almost convince are lost against a faded palette in another one of those towns, indistinguishable from the last. Still, an intoxicating sunset waits somewhere off in the distance…
Confronted by an apparently empty stage, longing and waiting arrive to meet the expectations of an almost familiar scene. Phil Hayes and Jen Rosenblit weave and perfect characteristics which begin to assume characters themselves. They are not partners, involved just enough to play the game, they are both along for the ride. Lights on stands are wheeled in, and as the film-set fog clears, we see a person crouching by a pay phone. What was once immaculate and seemingly unnoticable is now rapidly becoming undone. Not so busy with who they are, but more the way they hold themselves together when they pause, leave or arrive.
DECEPTION appears as mounting evidence as to who these characters want us to think they are even as certain truths leak out. Fiddling with a watch, swapping jewelry or dealing with dilemmas hinder the continued effort to convince and remain in disguise. So try to hold on to your wallets, wits and lovers around these two charmers. DECEPTION zooms in on a series of manipulations, obstacles and transformations as we drive, windows down, squinting toward that unattainable place somewhere else, out there in the distance...
Figures passing through, cars pass on by, looks that almost convince are lost against a faded palette in another one of those towns, indistinguishable from the last. Still, an intoxicating sunset waits somewhere off in the distance…
Confronted by an apparently empty stage, longing and waiting arrive to meet the expectations of an almost familiar scene. Phil Hayes and Jen Rosenblit weave and perfect characteristics which begin to assume characters themselves. They are not partners, involved just enough to play the game, they are both along for the ride. Lights on stands are wheeled in, and as the film-set fog clears, we see a person crouching by a pay phone. What was once immaculate and seemingly unnoticable is now rapidly becoming undone. Not so busy with who they are, but more the way they hold themselves together when they pause, leave or arrive.
DECEPTION appears as mounting evidence as to who these characters want us to think they are even as certain truths leak out. Fiddling with a watch, swapping jewelry or dealing with dilemmas hinder the continued effort to convince and remain in disguise. So try to hold on to your wallets, wits and lovers around these two charmers. DECEPTION zooms in on a series of manipulations, obstacles and transformations as we drive, windows down, squinting toward that unattainable place somewhere else, out there in the distance...
Creation, performance | Phil Hayes & Jen Rosenblit |
Stage | Sina Knecht |
Light, costumes | Tina Bleuler |
Sound | Susanne Affolter |
Subtitles | Susanne Hofer |
Distribution | Lise Leclerc, tutu production |
Production | Lukas Piccolin |
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Production | First Cut Productions |
Co-production | Gessnerallee Zürich in Zusammenarbeit mit Kaserne Basel und The Chocolate Factory New York |
With the support of | Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Ernst Göhner Stiftung und Pro Helvetia |