Sol emerges during 2020 under the influence of uncertainty and insecurity caused by pandemic and tectonic disturbances: the literal ones, in the earth’s crust, as well as the social ones that hint at feelings about the rearrangement of value systems in us and everywhere around.
I recognize my anchor in the authenticity of live performance and immerse myself in it, observing how I act on the social and historical connotations of the “female solo” format, and what those connotations do to me, in performances and beyond. I leave it to the audience to inscribe symbolism, meaning and references. Some I am aware of, some are out of my control.
The ghosts of previous works appearing in the performance: Carousel (Japelj, Marchig), This is (not) my Forest (Govedić, Japelj, Marchig), Deer (Trafik; Alvir, Banich, Čuljak, Liverić, Lupi, Marchig, Svetopetrić), Glacier (Horvat, Marchig, pavleheidler, Pregrad) and The Saddest Piece. Ever. (Gutić Mižimakov, Lancia, Marchig, Sibila, Vodenica) and costumes by Andrijana Botica, Oliver Jularić and Iztok Hrga.
The piece is dedicated to these collaborations and the love they aroused.
S.M.
The symbolic capacities of the costumes in the performance are indisputable.
By draping the performer in constume, different figures are assumed, explored and then abandoned, and their continuous change allows for seemingly endless transformations on stage. Conceived as inanimate objects on or near the body, inherently empty, devoid of all meaning, costumes in relation with the performer become catalysts for narrative.
Sol is the materialization of ‘all Silvia’ derived from mapping past works and her experience of many years performing on the dance scene. In this play, which suggests meaning, it is partially left to collective inscription – inviting viewers to construct meaning.
The generated insights are conditioned by individual experiences and expectations of each spectator who decides to participate in this ephemeral act of communication, where the costume becomes a building block of everything material (scenes) and immaterial (identity) in the performance.
T.K.
Author and performer: Silvia Marchig
Costume and installation: Tea Kantoci
Music: Josip Maršić
Light design: Saša Fistrić
Photography and graphic design: Jason Mulhausen
Featuring the song Metronome by Nomeansno
Production: Kik Melone, in partnership with Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, as part of ANTISEZONA 20 program.
Thank you: TALA Dance center, Antisezonke.
The symbolic capacities of the costumes in the performance are indisputable.
Silvia Marchig (Rijeka, 1975) is a dance artist and teacher with more than 30 years of experience in the professional dance scene. She is the artistic director of Kik Melone, an artistic organization of authentic poetics and a specific methodology of co-authorship, through which she has produced 15 full-length plays and numerous intermedial works of experimental format in the last 16 years. The plays “Ms Fox Invited Ms Cat For Tea” (2016) and “Sol” (2020) were awarded the Croatian Theater Award for the best dance performance as a whole. She is one of the organizers of the program ANTISEZONA – dance in Gorgona, a collaborative project of three artistic organizations and the Museum of Contemporary Art, which brings an innovative way of self-curating dance programs. The works of Silvija Marchig place the performance in the area of overlapping dance, performance, acting, and other media, always in search of an intense performance experience.
