K⁰ ACT 2 adaptation of Franz Kafka's parable Up in the Gallery solo performance with 9 video cameras, 3 monitors & 2 projectors India 2011, approx. 30 mins, english & german credits for K⁰ Act 2 performer: Jyoti Dogra idea, direction, video, sound: Bernd Lützeler technical consultant: Bijesh Jayarajan lights: Sujay Saple light operation: Sujay Saple, Asmit Pathare costume: Loise Braganza drums: Tobias Engl production: Seema Bhatia, Hayder Ali, Vivek Venkatraman, Bhushan Vikas voices: Shirin Johari, Pablo Holwitt, Franz Hofmann software: Dirk Göken video documentation - production & direction: Jerrit G John video documentation - edit: Bernd Lützeler K⁰ was part of the 50th anniversary grant program of Max Mueller Bhavan, India and was staged in Mumbai at Gallery Beyond from 21st - 24th July 2011 synopsis This collaboration with Mumbai-based actor Jyoti Dogra is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's parable Up in the Gallery. We approach the text from two different perspectives. We explore the subjective positions of the spectator and the performer, the observer and the observed. This time, the Frail Tubercular Lady Circus Rider doesn't even bother about executing her circus numbers anymore. Instead, she utilizes several cameras on stage and in the projection, we only see live images that resemble her performance. The cameras initiate the viewer and the performer into a world that constantly shifts and plays with reality, dream and illusion, exploring the interdependence between technology and perception.
