presents:
A theatre play about
astronomy and society
partners / sponsors:
“A UNIQUE COOPERATION BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE”
Frankfurter Rundschau –
“NOW NOTHING IS AS IT USED TO BE IN THE STAATSTHEATER”
Darmstädter Echo
2009 – 2013: SPACE & TIME
A theatre play about astronomy and society
written for the “International Year of Astronomy 2009” with premiere at the UNITED NATIONS in Vienna. it was Performed over 4 consecutive years in several countries.
This play, with HD videos from nasa and esa, live music and theater, sets the life of an atom, a human being, the earth, the sun, the universe and the city in one common scale. It confronts the audience with the lack of an emergency exit!
TECHNOLOGY: we developped for it, a 360 degree camera and projector
Concept and coordination
Pedro Aibéo
Music
Martin Sadowski : Denise Frey : Nico Petry
Scientifical advisor
Alexandre Aibéo
Videos
Daniel Götz : Pedro Aibéo : Johannes von Alten : Hinode : JAXA/NASA/PPARC ESA (animation by Silicon Worlds) and © 2008 John Dubinski, University of Toronto ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) ESA – AOES Medialab/Artbeats Digital Film Library/BBC
Actors
Till Burgtorf
Technical support
Ikaro
Thank you to
IAY 2009 : ESA : ASTA TU Darmstadt : UNITED NATIONS OFFICE at VIENNA : Antike Uhren Dominik Königstein-Falkenstein : Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Ludwig : Darmstadt Zeiss-Planetarium & Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte e.V. Berlin Planetarium-berlin.de : GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH : Müllheizkraftwerk Darmstadt : Städtisches Krematorium Frankfurt am Main : Staatstheater Darmstadt : Diakonie Darmstadt : Copycosmos Darmstadt
Dates:
05 – 07 Oct. 2009 : UN City Vienna : Austria : PREMIERE
16 – 17 Oct. 2009 : Staatstheater Darmstadt : Germany
26 – 27 Nov 2010 : Staatstheater Darmstadt : Germany
22-23 Sep. 2011 : Staatstheater Darmstadt : Germany
Some moments of the 2nd play
