Habitat is an immersive performance installation that invites the audience to experience various real and virtual spatial levels —and their inhabitation—from a perspective of their own choosing. Towering oak sculptures by artist Volker Schnüttgen, combined with a soundscape by Giorgio de Santis, form the overall space of the performance installation by laborgras. Some of the wooden sculptures contain a intimate interior spaces, each equipped with a monitor and speaker—waiting to be discovered by the viewer. Using new technologies, a real-time connection is created between the sculptures and dancer Renate Graziadei, who moves within a clearly defined performance area inside the overall installation space, responding to the live music of Giorgio de Santis, and occupying the virtual spaces of the sculptures either individually or as a multiple clone. Fifteen years after its premiere, Habitat once again becomes a space of experience—where dance, sculpture, music, and environment merge into a multi-sensory encounter.
After the performance, the installation remains open for two more hours—offering time to absorb the experience, reflect, and connect with the artists. The bar in the space invites you to continue the conversation and wind down the evening in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Concept: laborgras & Volker Schnüttgen, Choreography: laborgras (Renate Graziadei & Arthur Stäldi), Performance: Renate Graziadei, Sculptures and Virtual Interior Design: Volker Schnüttgen, Composition & Live Music: Giorgio de Santis, Video Art & Software Programming: Frieder Weiss, Video Art & Software Operator: Matthias Härtig, Costume design: Chantal Margiotta, Assistant costume: Claudia Janitschek, Revision of existing costumes: Claudia Janitschek, Sculpture Setup: Fernando Almeida, Artistic Production Management: MIFRUSH Production (Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel), Press and Public Relations: Yven Augustin, Social media: Marcelo Vilela da Silva, Design: Mia Sedding, Images (video stills & documentation): laborgras & Volker Schnüttgen, Video / Camera: Walter Bickmann, Editing: laborgras
