Take me somewhere nice
Performative Situation · Spatial Compositions
by
Christina Ciupke, Darko Dragičević
In the frame of Fold – New Works
«Take me somewhere nice» is a two-year project about traveling. Christina Ciupke and Darko Dragičević are interested in the insatiable longing for travel and how this desire has led to the phenomenon of mass tourism and other manifestations of travel.
What draws us to faraway places? What do we hope to find there? Are we searching, or is it an escape, a utopian longing? Is traveling existential? Is it an expansion of consciousness?
The possibility of moving spatially is directly linked to the feeling of freedom. This feeling is embodied in tourism as a contemporary habit. Escaping from everyday life and work is at the heart of it.
During their travels, Christina and Darko collected various memorabilia that they will share with the audience in the form of performative compositions.
Since 2018, Darko Dragičević and Christina Ciupke have collaborated on the projects “Failure as Practice” and “Lie and Theft as Practice”. These collaborations have led to their first joint Project “Silent Trio” in 2020-21. At the moment they are engaged in the project «Take me somewhere nice», conceived as a two-year overall framework that addresses travel in six successive Almanacs.
What draws us to faraway places? What do we hope to find there? Are we searching, or is it an escape, a utopian longing? Is traveling existential? Is it an expansion of consciousness?
The possibility of moving spatially is directly linked to the feeling of freedom. This feeling is embodied in tourism as a contemporary habit. Escaping from everyday life and work is at the heart of it.
During their travels, Christina and Darko collected various memorabilia that they will share with the audience in the form of performative compositions.
Since 2018, Darko Dragičević and Christina Ciupke have collaborated on the projects “Failure as Practice” and “Lie and Theft as Practice”. These collaborations have led to their first joint Project “Silent Trio” in 2020-21. At the moment they are engaged in the project «Take me somewhere nice», conceived as a two-year overall framework that addresses travel in six successive Almanacs.
14.10.22 Public talk with Christina Ciupke and Darko Dragičević after the performance
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Christina Ciupke
Christina Ciupke (she/her) is a Berlin-based choreographer/performer. She develops projects in cross-media collaborations. Specific situations are created in which proximity and distance, a sense of time and the togetherness of spectators and performers are negotiated. She has worked with the choreographers Nik Haffner, Mart Kangro, Jasna L. Vinovrški, Ayşe Orhon, dramaturge Igor Dobričić and composer Boris Hauf. Her works include the projects «Silent Trio» (2020-21) and «Take me somewhere nice» (2022-24) with visual artist and performer Darko Dragičević.. www.christinaciupke.com
Darko Dragičević
Darko Dragičević (he/him) born 1979 in Belgrade, is a Berlin based visual and performance artist, filmmaker and lecturer. In his artistic practice, he explores the interfaces between visual art, choreography, performance, video and film across different media. Dragičević’s work reflects a critical examination of the conditions of artistic production in a post-capitalist, high-performance society and focuses on the aesthetics of economy, identity, labor, activism and social organisation. darkodragicevic.com
Concept, Performance: Christina Ciupke, Darko Dragičević | Sound Design: Vera Pulido | Light Design: Martin Beeretz | Costume Design: Karin Rosemann | Website Programming : Daniel Massey | Graphic Design: Dragana Krtinić | Text Proof Reading: Austin Fisher | Production Management: Sasha Schlegel | Production Assistance: Clara Dünnebeil.
A production by A lot of body GbR in co-production with Tanzfabrik Berlin.
Funded by the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe.
A production by A lot of body GbR in co-production with Tanzfabrik Berlin.
Funded by the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe.