THE ENDLESS SKIN OF THE AXOLOTL | Yolanda Morales
An expressionless face, with no features other than the eyes. A grotto-like cellar. And we become lab assistants.
The axolotl is a gilled larval form of a species of the genus Ambystoma and a god-being from Aztec mythology. Its existence tells of eternal survival and a refusal to grow up.
We organize a happening in a kind of aquarium. We examine and dissect the axolotl, the human-like limbs, the pink gill branches, the lidless eyes. We watch it incessantly. We try to unravel its slowed movements underwater, longing for the promise of rebellion hidden behind the refusal and stopping of time: Now, I am an axolotl!
As Sound Designer an Live-Musician, I created a score between Ambient, Field Recordings, Trap and Band-Performance. With a 6.1 surround Set-Up I was able to precisely locate sounds in the room and give the piece a spatial feeling through panning.
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Concept, Choreografie: Yolanda Morales
Dance: Sara Ezzell
With: Carolina Burandt, Yolanda Morales, Christopher Ramm, Pauline
Schönfelder
Dramaturgy: Pauline Schönfelder
Composition, Live Sound: Christopher Ramm
Stage Design, Projections: Carolina Burandt
Artistic Consultancy: Barbara Schmidt-Rohr
Lightdesign: Doria Worden
Titelfoto: Pauline Schönfelder
Grafik: Judith Hilgenstöhler
THE ENDLESS SKIN OF THE AXOLOTL wurde gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR