Which parallel realities are conceivable? Where are we when we are not there? How do we have to encounter each other to feel connected? And where do we come together to care for and mourn each other?
AFTERLIVES is a collaboration between the Thai collective Miss Theater, centered around the artist Miss Oat, the collective Henrike Iglesias and numerous other collaborators. Together they created a multimedia, interactive performance that took place simultaneously in Bangkok and Berlin. Together with the two groups of spectators, separated and yet connected, they embarked on a search for queer afterlives.
The theory of the multiverse, based on the fundamentals of quantum theory, serves as a metaphor, narrative device and source of inspiration for speculating about one’s own afterlives, queer politics of dying and alternative forms of living together. In Bangkok and Berlin, the audience will gather in the theater space and interact with the performance using their own smartphones. The smartphone becomes a portal that connects the spaces and the audience.
by Henrike Iglesias
Cast
Concept, costum design, dramaturgy, digital interaction, lighting design, performance, production management, sound design, stage design, text Leo G. Alonso, Henri Maximilian Jakobs, Pathipon (Miss Oat), Thongchai Pimapunsri, Nicha Puranasamriddhi, Marielle Schavan, Sophia Schroth, Rosa Wernecke
Original Concept Pathipon (Miss Oat), Henrike Iglesias (Leo G. Alonso, Malu Peeters, Marielle Schavan, Sophia Schroth), Anan Fries
Assistant Director and Dramaturgy Felix Toni Giesler
Technical Director, Set Design Bangkok Pornpan Arayaveerasid, Rueangrith Suntisuk (DuckUnit)
Set Management Bangkok Surat Kaewseekarm
Graphic Design Bangkok Matus Kaewdum (Cerebrum_art.original)
Coding, Creative Technology bleeptrack
Stage Tailoring Amancay Ballesi
Outside Eye Berlin María F. Giacaman Hasbún
Production DE ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro
Production CH and touring Maxine Devaud / oh la la - performing arts production
Press and public relations Berlin Franziska Janke
Translation Naomi Boyce
Coproductions Sophiensæle, brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf, ROXY Birsfelden
Supports German Federal Cultural Foundation, Federal Government for Culture and Media, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion
Media partners Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz