„Niemandsland“ a multimedia performance piece, combines narratives in regard to themes of occupation, oppression and freedom. A multi-cultural ensemble embarks on a journey to investigate the inner persona as the haunted other – in search for insight and understanding. Film and text (Peter Nabokov, Elaine Scarry, Morton Schatzmann, Tzvetan Todorov …) support the plot.
Concept/Choreography: Sebastian Prantl
Concept/Direction/Film: Kristin Lovejoy
Protagonists: Leila Abdullah, Silvia Both, Johannes Breuss, Deborah Carmichael, Willi Dorner, Susanne Fuchs, Inge Kaindlstorfer, Gerhard Naujoks, Petra de Ondarza, Sebastian Prantl, Beatrix Ruf, Alexandra Sommerfeld, Maria Wille, Sita Treytl.
Objects: Kurt Seehofer
Lighting: Robert Leitner
Sound: Markus Kupferblum
Technique: Marco Ostertag
PR: Silvia Liska; Foto: Nikolais Dobrowolskij
Soundcollage: Francis Poulanc, Rhys Chatham, Arvo Pärt, The Andrews Sisters, Kathleen Ferrier songs.
Filmcollage: ‚War and Peace‘; Selection of Hollywood ‚Cowboy Films‘, Documentary of ‚Moon Landing‘ interwoven with original footage, shot in Vienna with protagonists…
Premiered at MAK, Vienna June 1986