receive the
blessing of the moth god
may your flights be swift
may nights keep their cool
may candles shine bright
meandering round the belltower’s faint translucence
night shimmers
night shivers
the known canopy
provides the safety
of luck, of distances
of the passage
fluttering,
a glitter tool
a glimpse of red
hail the moth god
and be praised her
thousand presences
may you receive the blessing of the moth god
may your flights be swift
may nights keep their cool
may candles shine bright
meandering round the belltower’s faint translucence
night shimmers
night shivers
the known canopy
provides the safety
of luck, of distances
of the passage
fluttering,
a glitter tool
a glimpse of red
hail the moth god
and be praised her
thousand presences
may you receive the blessing of the moth god
Mothmen (2024)
Its aim is to rearrange the performative situation towards a set of scenarios, where human skin becomes the theatrical fourth wall – a membrane, a barrier, impregnable yet porous.
How can the performers lure in audiences, towards the flame of touch, igniting mechanoreceptors in the skin?
The work occured within the very welcoming embrace of an environment of Bábel Tábor 23’ and Kolorádó Festival 24’, as a participatory WS - participatory performance. Huge thanks to all the brave souls partaking, performing and organizing.
Mothmen is a complex venture, where the fictitious wraps around the social, in a cocoonesque fashion. (btw, i think that's true for most of my work.)
Concept & choreography: Patrik Kelemen
Prototype created with and performed by: Anna, Dávid, Vilma, Boló, Cseni, Kamilla, Bobó, Dorka, Dani & Vera
Light + tech + cars: Áron
Kolorádó crew: Anita Czakó, Zsófia Lipták, Flóra Boros, Csenge Olexa, Kati Huszár, Adél Gaugecz, Arina Késely, Lili Hirsch, Ruben Farkas, Jonatán Kalmár, Katerina Angilella, Enikő Nagy, Johanna Kozma, Johanna Szőke, Johanna Rozsovits, Clotilde Vaida, Sári Csaba
Music: The Stanley Maneuver
Tech + set: Julcsi Mohácsi
Production: Zea Gyarmati
Co-production: Bábel Tábor, Kolorádó Festival
Special thanks to: Bitó Tanya, Bábel crew, Dani Makkai
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