TRIPTYCH

TRIPTYCH

Demeglio – Sheehan – FØ – Polymeneas – Kolb – Choumou  

TRIPTYCH is a work of persistence, endurance and fragility.

Through a rigorous  engagement with movement, amplification, processing, noise, drones, and feedback, TRIPTYCH stretches time and shifts perception. The performance unfolds through  three tableaux: murmuration, cruising, and otolith.  

murmuration is an immersive duet between a dancer and a sound artist. The  dancer’s repetitive movements are captured, amplified, processed, and diffused  directly to the audience through headphones. Each listener is offered the experience  of the intricate interplay between movement and sound from the microphone’s  perspective.  

cruising builds upon this dialogue with a focus on the lower body, flirting with rhythm  and subtle variation. The dancer’s percussive footwork—drawing on tap and  traditional Irish dancing—is captured and built into intricate textures. The focused,  minimal tasks generate a hypnotic, evolving architecture of sound, where time  stretches and folds upon itself.  

otolith concludes with a purely sonic tableau, performed on bagpipes and feedback  double bass. The shifting sonic environment of sustained drones and low-frequency  interactions unfolds over time, in an interplay of magnitude, distance and variation.  

Across its three tableaux, TRIPTYCH draws inspiration from natural systems: bird  flocks, insect swarms, ocean waves and the fragile negotiations between repetition  and variation. The work reflects on singularity within systems, on the minuteness of  human actions and their interconnectedness. By exploring persistence, the  performers undergo a shift in perception: motion, sound, and vibration open from the  quotidian toward the transcendent.  

Duration: 50 minutes