Lina Lapelytė

What happens with a dead fish? (Lake Zurich edition)

Lituania  / England

«What happens with a dead fish?» is an intimate meditation on the present and an invitation to reflect on cycles – such as expired foods, vanishing forests and life itself and what comes thereafter. The quiet and contemplative work by Lithuanian artist Lina Lapelytė was first shown at Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels in 2021. For this year’s Theater Spektakel, Lapelytė adopted the work for Lake Zurich. In this new version, she refers to current topics such as the war in Ukraine that is happening in an already heated geopolitical situation or the climate crisis that is revealing a new facet every day. The texts that are used in the songs have been written in the the past two years. Besides texts by Lapelytė herself, a text by Dariia Chechushkova aka Dasha is performed. Chechushkova’s text was written on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Lapelytė was present at the penultimate Theater Spektakel with «Sun & Sea». The endless opera, developed with Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė and Vaiva Grainytė and awarded for the best national participation at the Venice Biennale, was shown at the Werft venue in 2020. From a gallery, the spec­tators looked down on a seemingly innocuous beach scene only to realise that «Sun & Sea» was a strong piece of social criticism. Now, Lapelytė returns to Zurich and presents another multilayered work in an unusual setting, to give us long­lasting food for thought. (rb)

Simple words

In this piece, singers float on the surface of Lake Zurich. While they sing, they are slowly sinking. The piece is about the beginning and the end of things. For example, life and death.

Artistic direction and cast

Konzept, MusikLina Lapelytė
TextLina Lapelytė & Chechushkova Dariia (Dasha, UKR)
ChoreografeiLina Lapelytė & Federico Strates Pezdirc
ChorleitungGrégoire May
KostümeJustė Maldžiūnaitė
SzenografieMantas Petraitis (Implant Architecture)
ChorSeefelder Kammerchor (Janina Balsiger, Nadia Bruderhofer, Charles De Bruyne, Luzia Ehrbar, Michèle Fischer, Jean-Daniel Fivaz, Nora Häberling, Debora Heitz, Raphael Hürlimann, Caecilia Kessler, Domenica Luzi, Michael Margreth, Clara May, Grégoire May, Maxence Menétrey, Moritz Noll, Raminta Paulauskaite, Séverine Telley, Philipp Urech, Jorina Wachter, Oliver Wipfli), Lina Lapelytė
Technische UnterstützungVeit Kälin, Bettina Lugginbühl
ProduktionsleitungAgne Kupryte & Julius Griesenberg
FotosKira Kynd

Production

ProduktionLina Lapelytė
KoproduktionKunstenfestivaldesarts (Brüssel), Zürcher Theater Spektakel
UnterstützungFlagey
Dankan WIOS vzw
Premiere2. Juli 2021, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brüssel)

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Choir Performance, Choreographed Singing in The Lake

Co-production, Nominated for the ZKB Patronage Prize

Duration

40 mins.

Language

English

Age

12 years plus

An inclusive event

accessible with wheelchair

Open-Air Performance

In case of adverse weather, the performance will be cancelled. Information on potential cancellation on theaterspektakel.ch and Facebook no later than 2 hours before the start of performance

Thanks

The performances at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel are supported by the Gönner*innenverein

 

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