25.–28.10.2018, 19:00 / HAU3 / Premiere
With: Ithea Koch, Thies Mynther, Dasniya Sommer, Veit Sprenger
Choir: Ilona Jördis Jäkel, Annette Finke, Christoph Braun, Monika G. Dorniak, Lily Martin, Yaneev Topyol
Composition, Text, Artistic Direction: Thies Mynther, Veit Sprenger
Concept, Dramaturgy: Anja Quickert
Set / Space: Alexandra Murray-Leslie
Costume: Sandra Fink
Choreography: Dasniya Sommer
Choral Arrangement, Vocal Coaching: Ithea Koch
Video: Sandra Trostel
Set Construction: Jörg Fischer
Production Management: Johanna J. Thomas
Production Assistance: Viktorie Vašová
Lighting Design: Joscha Eckert
Rope Installation: Dasniya Sommer
Special thanks to: Alexandra Vogt and her horses
Technical team HAU3 – Head of Stage: Andrea Schöneich
Stage: Kristof Meers, Timo Schmidt
Lighting: Boris Meier, Fabian Boldt
Sound: Ralf Krause, Janis Klinkhammer
The piano: a black hole. Life comes from the darkness. Dirt, moss, ferns, trees. Wood. Body. Resonance. Black keys, black paint. Pianos
have no natural enemies. A piano stands in the grass land, waiting for a mate. The act lasts for days. Creaking and rumbling. Hardly a sound. The image is kitschy. In China pianos are bred
systematically. “Learn to play the piano!” Mao Zedong shouted to his party officials. He himself could play quite well but never tried. “This Machine Kills” is a short world history from the
perspective of the piano, a necromantic evocation of the unlimited apparatus. Starting from Veit Sprenger’s (Showcase Beat Le Mot) and Thies Mynther’s (Phantom/Ghost) fascination for the instrument
and its rich traditions, a musical performance on the piano’s efficacy was developed along with the dramaturge Anja Quickert. In collaboration with Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks On Speed), who makes her
set design debut here, the filmmaker Sandra Trostel and the choir director and internet activist Ithea Koch, they enter into a bio-mechanical ritual, barely finding their way out of this
labyrinth.
Produktion: Sprenger / Mynther / Anja Quickert. Koproduktion: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Mousonturm (Frankfurt a.M). Gefördert durch: @Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von Clouds Hill
Recordings.
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