Resurrection, 2024
Resurrection is a procession made with discarded props and stage sets found in the depot of Graz theaters. Leftovers from other cultural productions, the props were originally created to represent nature on stages background. These trees, stones, flowers, and clouds usually disappear into storage, waiting to be thrown away. Soon to become waste, the objects exist in a liminal space, in between culture and nature, past and future.
In a fictional ritual, a choir carries these objects from the church to the city park, singing a song about labor, exhaustion and regeneration.
Music: Nina Hotimsky and Lucas de Sá
Choirmaster: Matthias Unterkofler. With the Graz University Choir: Noah Donauer, Anna Galler, Sophie Hollwöger, Evelin Krall, Lee Youjin, Rainer Lepuschitz, Gerhild Lexner, Regina Lexner, Anton Mellacher, Martin Mense, Armin Preiss, Christina Rapposch, Miguel Rey Mazon, Svetlana Savekina, Anna-Sophia Schindelwig, Max Schüßler, Marlene Schwar, Spyros Stathopoulos, Nicolas Stojkovic, Tim Tschörner. And participants: Friedrich Becke, Gerald Dreier, Leon Erdödy, Sophie Hauck, Anna Major, Boróka Müller-Pál, Melanie Ogris, Sarina Danielle Pinczar, Flora Renhart, Beatrix Somweber, Sabine Straub, Ilvy Straub.
Assistant director: Lukas Michelitsch
Production: Roland Gfrerer, Ronny Priesching
Curator: Ekaterina Degot, Gabor Thury
Commissioned and produced by the City of Graz and steirischer herbst ʼ24.
Images: Sebastian Reiser
