ULTRABLAU
Jonas Bernetta, Kaija Knauer, Selina Pfeiffer
Between overly long summer afternoons, the sound of crickets and the shimmering heat, we become witnesses to a changing environment. While the heat robs us of sleep, the world itself seems to be in turmoil. How do we navigate these changing conditions? In an atmospheric evening of theater, Ultrablau explores the feeling when the ground beneath our feet begins to shake.
The play development Ultrablau is the first joint work by Kaija Knauer, Selina Pfeiffer and Jonas Bernetta. From their starting point, their interest in strategies for staging and making the climate crisis tangible, they work with performative, documentary and multimedia approaches in search of a form that could perhaps be described as a theater essay.
With Fiona Rae Brunner, Marie Nest
Concept Jonas Bernetta, Kaija Knauer, Selina Pfeiffer
Direction Jonas Bernetta
Dramaturgy/Co-Direction Kaija Knauer
Stage/Light Ivalina Yapova
Video Selina Pfeiffer
Music Candid Rütter
Costume Luca Tarelli
Production Office Adrian Fähndrich
Production Management Ramun Bernetta
Production
Jonas Bernetta, Kaija Knauer, Selina Pfeiffer und Bernetta Theaterproduktionen
Partnership
Postremise Chur, Zentralwäscherei Zürich
UA/Premiere
11. Oktober 2024, Zentralwäscherei Zürich
Supported by
Kulturförderung Graubünden, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, ZhdK-Nachhaltigkeitsfonds, Stadt Chur, Stiftung Dr. Valentin Malamoud, SIS - Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung, Graubündner Kantonalbank, Migros-Kulturprozent, Stiftung Dr.M.O. Winterhalter
Thanks to
Joshua Wicke, Stefan Kaegi and Patrick Müller for their valuable contributions and mentoring, Master Transdisciplinarity of the Zurich University of the Arts for the support in the development, Gessneralle Zurich for the premises, Schauspielhaus Zurich for technical material as well as Susanne and Remo Hendry, Manuela Brunner, Gion Saluz and Jannis Behr for the deep insights into their work and their handling of the climate crisis.