Tristan and Isolde

Kinetic installation for ballet: aluminium, plastic, a motorized, programmable theatre grid;
variable dimensions

A kinetic installation inhabits the stage space. Its dimensions are so large that it functions as parallel surroundings. Many repetitive elements made of aluminium and plastic nets create translucency, while the curves evoke soft contours of petals with brightly glittering edges. The metamorphoses of dancing forms and movements create a materialized illusion that extends into the horizon. Occasionally, this sublime setting comes to a standstill only to gain powerful momentum, “creating situations such as a garden, a haven, a threat, a nearness, a distance, a night-and-day.” Once the kinetic installation is lowered onto the stage surface, it creates a segmented palimpsest of danger. This is when the space of love is transposed into the realm of the invisible – the beyond.

Credits:
Co-author (kinetic sculpture): JAŠA
Choreographer: Dan Datcu
Concept: Sanja Nešković Peršin
Music: Sašo Kalan
Costume Designer: Uroš Belantič
Dramaturge: Barbara Novakovič Kolenc
Lighting Designer: Jaka Šimenc
Produced by: Slovenian National Opera House, Ljubljana