if a bee falls in(to) a box is a home performance package inspired by naturally occurring optical and audible phenomena.
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Artists Daniel Lercher, Asher O'Gorman and Tara Silverthorn have come together remotely from their respective cities (Vienna and Bristol) to work within one another's fields - choreography, visual arts and sound. They have crafted and curated packages for two people to use at home after sundown. Inside the packages lie a collection of materials and the guidance to enter a sensuous home performance and conjure visions; at once scientific and magical, ancient and futuristic.
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if a bee falls in(to) a box is the first of two parts. The second part of the work, if a bee falls in a forest, is a live, immersive performance installation, which will premiere at WUK performing arts in 2022.
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To read a full article about the project, click here.
All documentation photography prints exhibited at The Island are for sale. Get in touch to ask.​
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What people said...
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"Thoughtful and gracious" - Keith
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"Fascinating work" - Katy
"The process asks one to slow down and focus." - anon.
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"Oh they glow. The small surprises... Thanks for the intricate places this journey brought me on." - Charlotta
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"Thank you for this moment of arctic poetry. It's quite magical, after a year in front of screens, to marvel at iridescent lights." - C.
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"A very different way to spend an evening. We are still talking about it at breakfast." - Denise
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"Best performance we've seen/been in for a while." - anon.
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"The packaging, design and instructions were perfect and beautiful. Truly a triumph of theatre" - Padraig
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"Sehr genial..." - anon.
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"sehr einfach und trotzdem so überraschend" - Felicitas Lukas​
Artists: Asher O'Gorman, Daniel Lercher, Tara Silverthorn
Package design and production: Maria Kanzler
Graphic design: Marcio Kerber Canabarro
Illustration: Gloria Amesbauer
Artistic support: Gaelin Little
Production support: Almud Krejza
​Thanks to: Nicholas Hallett
Photo credits: Tara Silverthorn
Residency partners: Im_Flieger, Das TAG and The Island
A co-production between: WUK performing arts and Im_Flieger
With support from: The Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs Vienna, Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, Otto Mauer Fonds and Arts Council England
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