Raul Maia

the word of the gap

studio brut
Performance Austrian premiere in English
{Gap} {Fragment} {Mystery}

Raul Maia’s the word of the gap is a performative riddle. It addresses our need to assemble narratives in order to make sense of the world around us. Constructed through the process of fragmenting multiple parallel “narratives”, the performance proposes text, movement, light and objects as equal performers, each carving a separate discourse in time. The narratives are apparently disconnected from each other, but paradoxically seem to suggest being part of a single reality. The result is a dream-like performative process, in which, the gap, the void is the true performer.    

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

, © Christine Miess

Raul Maia – the word of the gap

Fragmented gesture, fragmented word, fragmented time. As the word suggests, fragmentation creates fragments, but in between the fragments it also creates gaps. the word of the gap explores the potential of the gap (the absence of information between related events) as a form of interaction with the perception of the audience. Parallel fragmented narratives are carried out by separate media. Potential meanings are constantly re-shaped in the inter-play between content and form.

Raul Maia is a Portuguese physical performance artist. His primordial focus as a maker and practitioner is in creating artistic practices that generate performative forms of physical behaviour and communication between performers. These practices are the raw materials that define the identity of his performances. He also creates soundscapes in the frame of his own performances. His work has been shown in festivals and houses such as ImPulsTanz, Xplore dance Festival (Ro), Potsdam Tanzfabrik (DE), Idans Istanbul (TR), Tanzquartier, WUK, brut Wien and D.D.D. (PT) among others. As a performer he has collaborated with Ultima Vez/ Wim Vandekeybus, Tino Sehgal, Fanni Futterknecht, Alexander Gottfarb, Sofia Dias and Vitor Roriz, Paul Wenninger and Catarina Miranda amongst others.

Credits

Artistic direction Raul Maia Performance Raul Maia, Angela Diaz Quintela Sound Composition Raul Maia Mastering Alex Kasses Light design Frederico Lobo, Raul Maia Set design and Costume design Raul Maia, Ana Renata Polónia Residency festival D.D.D. Production Raul Maia, Verein La Cagada Co-production brut Wien, Festival Circular Vila do Conde

Supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, MA7 City of Vienna­­­­.

Dates & Tickets

November 2023

Thu. 09.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price €22 / €16 / €11

Fri. 10.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price €22 / €16 / €11 / *Followed by an artist talk

Sat. 11.11.2023, 19:00
Choose your price €22 / €16 / €11

studio brut
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
not accessible

Downloads

Evening programme_the word of the gap (PDF)

 

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