ARK1
Colette Sadler
Friday 15th Nov, 8pm
ARK 1 is a multimedia performance that explores the precarious futures of human culture amid the life-altering interventions of artificial intelligence and ecological crisis. It proposes an archaeology of the future that questions: how will the history of humanity be archived, remembered, and technologically retrieved in the aftermath of coming catastrophes? Set in the future, a fictitious bio-technology corporation VESSELS INC created the spaceship “ARK 1” to preserve the distant memory of human life. As Earth’s resource depletion and degraded ecosystems threatened human extinction, VESSELS INC launched ARK 1 into deep space equipped with the technology for sustaining artificial life. Onboard, an algorithm digitally reconstructed the dancer Leah Marojevic to preserve the muscle memory of human experience.
Credits
Artistic Direction, Installation, Video, Text and Choreography Colette Sadler
Video Design and Direction: Mikko Gaestel
3D Animation and Design: Alexander Pannier
Performance: Leah Marojevic
Sound: Heiko Tubbesing, Mikko Gaestel and Samir Kennedy.
Video Voice-Over: Alicia Matthews
Costume Design: Colette Sadler and Theo Clinkard
Management: Catherine Launay
Funded by: Nationale Performance Netz “Stepping Out” Fund, funded by the Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR,
Assistance Program for Dance.With additional investment from CREATIVE SCOTLAND open fund.
Residencies supported by The Work Room Glasgow, Tanzhaus NRW and Fabrik Potsdam.
Produced by: Tanz im August International Dance Festival Berlin in cooperation with Sophiensæle
and Kultur Büro Elisabeth.
Supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ International Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Colette Sadler Friday 15th Nov, 8pm
Colette Sadler is a Scottish dancer, choreographer and multi-disciplinary artist. Sadler's work has been shown in numerous International dance contexts and in the visual arts, including, Tanz Im August Berlin, Performatik Festival Kaai Theatre Brussels, Les Latitudes Contemporaines France, OGR Turin Italy and Tokyo Festival Japan. Since 2016 she is curator of "Present Futures" Festival www.presentfutures.org. Her upcoming creation “The Violet Hour” will premiere in 2025 and is co-produced by Tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf), Charleroi Danse (Brussels); Dance International Glasgow 2025/ Tramway (Glasgow) In 2025 she will premiere "Terminal Infinity" an interdisciplinary work with composer Alexander Schubert. Terminal Infinity is a production by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with DANCE ON/Bureau Ritter, Sasha Waltz& Guests youth company and the Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hamburg.
