Within Cells Interlinked (lighting design)

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What if dreams were not just chaotic tumblings of thought, but a 2.0 version of ourselves? Dreams that come up with solutions by tapping into our deep personal archives that otherwise remain inaccessible in waking life.

Within Cells Interlinked was developed in collaboration with the specufictional government-funded entity Premonitions Agency, which collects, analyzes, and even influences citizens’ dreams in order to steer real-world events. The performance follows two Agents as they analyze and intervene in the dream worlds of two Dreamers.

The dreams include a man who marries a complete stranger in front of his entire family while traveling back in time; and a woman who is chosen as a parent by a toddler, only to discover the child changes gender and runs on batteries.

Blending physical, virtual, and imaginary spaces, the piece blurs the boundaries between dream and reality. Themes such as dream logic, quantum mechanics, and control form the basis for a playful exploration of free will, imagination, and—above all—the impact of dreams on our waking lives.

The performance is based on real dreams shared by the artistic team and other dreamers.

concept, choreography, space, video and audio-visual design, direction Andrea Božić and Julia Willms

concept and performance development in collaboration with Billy Mullaney

performers Veronika Abdul-Visocka, Andrea Božić, Billy Mullaney and Julia Willms

lighting design Pablo Fontdevila

sound mix Andrea Božić

music Eliane Radigue

voice Richard Hinam, Fiona Whelan

production Lena Meijer

technique Simchah Hoed and Pablo Fontdevila

video assistant Christianna Tsigkou

publicity Hans Klijn

photography Thomas Lenden

produced by TILT in co-production with SPRING Performing Arts Festival, in collaboration with the Premonitions Agency. Made possible by the financial contribution of the Dutch Performing Arts Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Art (structural support 2021-2024), BNG Fund, Tijl Fund. Research supported by DAS Theatre and iDLab / ATD