In 2020: Obscene, Alexandra Bachzetsis examines the ambivalence of the terms «scene» and «obscene» which is alluded to in the title. In a collaborative process, she tests the conditions for staged (re-)presentation, emphasizing how excessively bodies are staged and exposed on stage, while the desirous eyes of the viewers follow them. The focus here is on theatre as a dispositive and its potential for manipulation: a place of seduction, attraction and playing with sexual identity. 2020: Obscene dedicates itself to excess as a radical interruption of conventional forms, gestures, cultural patterns and archetypes, in order to actively question the subversive and normative aspects of performance art.
In 2020: Obscene, Alexandra Bachzetsis examines the ambivalence of the terms «scene» and «obscene» which is alluded to in the title. In a collaborative process, she tests the conditions for staged (re-)presentation, emphasizing how excessively bodies are staged and exposed on stage, while the desirous eyes of the viewers follow them. The focus here is on theatre as a dispositive and its potential for manipulation: a place of seduction, attraction and playing with sexual identity. 2020: Obscene dedicates itself to excess as a radical interruption of conventional forms, gestures, cultural patterns and archetypes, in order to actively question the subversive and normative aspects of performance art.
| Concept & choreography | Alexandra Bachzetsis |
| Collaboration, concept & stage | Sotiris Vasiliou |
| Collaboration, concept & dramaturgy | Dorota Sajewska |
| Creation & performance | Alexandra Bachzetsis, Owen Ridley-Demonick, Tamar Kisch, Sotiris Vasiliou / Konstantinos Papanikolaou |
| Sound design | Tobias Koch |
| Costume design | Christian Hersche, Ulla Ludwig, Laurent Hermann Progin |
| Production & diffusion | Marlene Bürgi |
| Communication design | Julia Born |
| Photography | Melanie Hofmann |
| Hair & makeup | Delia Sciullo |
| Technical direction & light design | Patrik Rimann |
| Technical team | Alban Schelbert, Jon Brunke, Phil Hills, Valentin Biller |
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| Coproduction | Kunsthaus Zürich, Kaserne Basel, Dampfzentrale Bern, L'Arsenic – Centre d'art scénique contemporain Lausanne, ADN Neuchâtel, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee Zürich. Diese Performance ist eine Koproduktion im Rahmen des Veranstalterfonds von Reso – Tanznetzwerk Schweiz, unterstützt von Pro Helvetia – Schweizer Kulturstiftung |
| Supported by | Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung und eine kooperative Fördervereinbarung zwischen der Stadt Zürich, dem Kanton Zürich und Pro Helvetia – Schweizer Kulturstiftung |
