Past festivals

Performance and Choreography: Stephanie Cumming, Luke Baio
Artistic Direction and Choreography: Chris Haring
Composition, Sound: Andreas Berger (Glim)
Stage and Light Design: Thomas J. Jelinek
Set Design: Gerald Priewasser
Production Management and Research: Marlies Pucher
Technical Direction: Roman Harrer
Video Technics: Ella Esque, Niki Passath
Theory and Text: Fritz Ostermayer
Video: Michael Loizenbauer
This is event is made possible by INTPA – International Network for Dance and Performance Austria of Tanzquartier Wien from funds by BMUKK and BMeiA

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Talking Head deals with the identification and self-exposure of our current social media online world.

As test-subjects in a twittertubeandfacebook-apparatus, absurd characters emerge following the dictate of current online-occurences. But neither do they obey the apparatus, nor are they recalcitrant, rather, they are moving between the poles, in- and outside the framework. The performers are constructing, direct and live on stage, text sculptures as a form of dance and an ever-new image of themselves via webcam. They are in a state of permanent simulation and mutual imitation, where there is no longer a distinction between original and copy, model and image, reality and imagination. Thus, personality and expression can only be attributed retrospectively.
The term Talking Head does not only recall one of the most successful New Wave bands of the 1980’s turn of the decade, it also denotes the frame of a close-up camera shot on the speaker. They all stage themselves according to the rules of Cinema Vérite: the show-off in idle chatter, the serious reporter in the newsroom, the artist amongst his art. The body looses its consistency and exists solely as a masquerade; the squall of words and from a constantly shifting identity, which follows the individual fate’s every move.

A virtuosic satire on the consequences of the current inflation of communication.
Der Standard

Chris Haring integrates the game of the possibilites of new video technology into an entertaining theatre event, in which performers and media are constantly finding new realities.
tanz.at

Liquid Loft was founded in 2005 by choreographer Chris Haring together with musician Andreas Berger, dancer Stephanie Cumming and dramaturgue Thomas Jelinek. In their performances and installations, Liquid Loft interconnect contemporary dance directly with other forms of contemporary art, in order to create a cohesive all-embracing piece of art. Their idiosyncratic visual and formal language, their distinctive acoustic stage-sets and professional dance production have earned Liquid Loft international recognition and awards like the Golden Lion for “Best Performance” at the 2007 Biennale in Venice.