Distant Reso­nan­ces Tri­lo­gy

Reso­nan­ce holds dual signi­fi­can­ce for us: musi­cal­ly, it descri­bes the inter­ac­tion of sounds and vibra­ti­ons; soci­al­ly, it cap­tures the inter­play bet­ween peo­p­le and their ide­as, opi­ni­ons, and actions. In social and cul­tu­ral con­texts, reso­nan­ce mani­fests as agree­ment, rejec­tion, sup­port, or resistance—connecting with audi­en­ces‘ exis­ting pat­terns while eit­her recon­fi­gu­ring them or intro­du­cing some­thing fun­da­men­tal­ly new.

„Distance Reso­nan­ce“ is a three-year con­cep­tu­al pro­ject explo­ring reso­nan­ces that emer­ge from media­ted and per­so­nal con­nec­tions to distant events, decis­i­ons, peo­p­le, and geographies—and how the­se rever­be­ra­te into the here and now. We, the music thea­ter coll­ec­ti­ve „Sound­ing Situa­tions,“ aim to crea­te a reso­nant space lin­king the simul­tan­ei­ty of live per­for­mance with glo­bal occur­ren­ces by trans­mit­ting ide­as, sound, and artis­tic inqui­ries. Through this mutu­al „set­ting into vibra­ti­on,“ our pro­jects inter­wea­ve poli­ti­cal events, social urgen­ci­es, and emo­tio­nal encoun­ters.

Con­cei­ved as artis­tic rese­arch, the pro­ject com­pri­ses three distinct per­for­mance for­mats: a mul­ti-per­spec­ti­ve music thea­ter pro­duc­tion (Wag­ner World­wi­de- Kamp­na­gel, Tischlerei/​Deutsche Oper), a silent dis­co music thea­ter pie­ce for public space (War Whis­pers – Kamp­na­gel, BAM Fes­ti­val, Ber­lin), and a music thea­ter work (Here Comes the Sun /​ Secret Sun – Nord­wind Fes­ti­val, Kamp­na­gel). The­se for­mats respec­tively address media reso­nan­ces, reso­nan­ces of con­nec­ted­ness, and reso­nan­ces of the self.