Stardust
STARDUST
from Ming Poon
Co-Production:MIFRUSH Production
Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
8-day Participatory Installation | 8 Performative Rituals | 1 Artists’ Talk
“To die means to live better.”
STARDUST is a participatory installation-cum-performance. It looks at dying as an act of empowerment, self-transformation and radical care to address the social, political and ecological crises that we are currently facing. STARDUST is as much an artistic meditation on dying as it is on living. It hopes to give a glimpse of how closely interconnected we are to each other as humans, as well as to all non-humans and the natural world. By dying, we also let the power structures inscribed in us die, opening up the space for a future that is more caring and socially and ecologically just.
Over a period of eight days, STARDUST unfolds as an interactive, sensorial and living installation. Visitors are invited to write their own eulogies, listen to an audio guide (“Instructions for Dying”) or join in an intimate conversation about dying. The overarching narrative follows the eight stages of death transformation in Tibetan Buddhism: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, White Light, Red Light, Black Light and Clear Light. Based on this, the sound, light and video designs of the installation transform over the eight days. In addition, live sound recordings and an infrared tracking system are used to create a constantly changing live installation.changing live installation.
As part of the installation, seven performers (30 - 64 years old) take turns to perform their individual dying rituals each day. Their themes range from collective burial, letting go and disappearance to healing, remembering and connectedness. On the final day, they perform a group ritual, in which all the eulogies created are turned into dust – a reminder that we are all made of stardust.
Program
All performances are part of the installation
20.10.2024 (SUN)
● 14:30 - 17:30 hrs: Installation
● 17:30 - 18:00 hrs: Meet a death
● 18:30 - 19:00 hrs: Performance “Cemitério do Caju” by hugo-huga x tibiriçá
21.10.2024 (MON)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance “Das Wasser am Morgen, das Wasser am Abend” by Hilla Steinert
22.10.2024 (TUE)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance "Ritual of Contingency” by Lee Mun Wai
23.10.2024 (WED)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance “Abendempfindung” by Birte Opitz
24.10.2024 (THU)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance “Skin to dust” by Vera Shchelkina
25.10.2024 (FRI)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance “shards and dust” by Veronika Heisig
26.10.2024 (SAT)
● 16:30 - 19:30 hrs: Installation
● 19:30 - 20:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 20.30 - 21.00 hrs: Performance “Ha’this” by Lisa Stertz
27.10.2024 (SUN)
● 14:30 - 17:30 hrs: Installation
● 17:30 - 18:00 hrs: Meet a death doula
● 18.30 - 19.00 hrs: Performance “We are all made of stardust” by Ming Poon (in collaboration with the performers
● 19.00 - 20.00 hrs: Artists’ talk (Admission free)
DetailedInformationen: https://mingapur.com/stardust/
Duration:The duration of the individual performances is approx. 30 min.
Team:
Artistic Direction & Choreography: Ming Poon
Performance: Veronika Heisig, Lee Mun Wai, Birte Opitz, Vera Shchelkina, Hilla Steinert, Lisa Stertz, hugo-huga x tibiriçá Choreographic
Assistance: Nora Tormann
Stage Design: Sichi Li
Stage Design Assistance: Sangyeon Lee
Lighting Design: Raquel Rosildete
Lighting Design Assistance: Alexandra Úhlarová
Sound Design: Haesoo Jung
Voice (Audioguide): AngieM (EN), Sandra Hetzl (DE)
Video & Projection Design: Harshini J. Karunaratne
Costume Design: Tin Wang
Technical Direction: Frieder Miller
Relaxed Performance: Agnieszka Habraschka
Audio Description: Irene Baumann
Audio Description Co-Authorship: Johanna Krins
Care Person & Death Doula: Alessa Rhode
Graphic Design: Hung Kieu
Video Documentation: Isabelle Schmitz
Photo Documentation: Olivia Kwok
Public Relations: Marcelo Vilela da Silva
Press Relations: Tom Müller-Heuser
Production Management: MIFRUSH Production (Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel)
Production Management Assistance: Nur Bildik
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