FLORA
Imagine a picture of a horse surrounded by lush nature.
Our brain will consider the horse as the subject and the plants surrounding it as a generic natural space.
Now, if we removed the horse from the image, what we would probably perceive is a simple 'empty' landscape.
Plants are a fundamental element of the biosphere, representing more than 80% of Earth's biomass, while humans only make up 0,01%.
Why is it, then, that we cannot really see plants?
FLORA is a choreographic exploration of the world of plants as a form of hidden reality that we can’t see, or usually ignore. An exploration of the perception of time, space and interactions that separate us from the language of vegetal species. A journey into hidden underground spaces where human hierarchies and values are liquefied and where different possible forms of communication and relations can be learned.
What can plants teach us about ourselves? Are plants intelligent or are they just reacting to stimuli? Are we humans really intelligent or do we just react to stimuli as well?
Direction and choreography
Matteo Carvone
Cast
Clara Cafiero, Cristian Cucco, David Pallant, Francesco Saverio Cavaliere
Voice
Dr Elizabeth Joyce
Dramaturg
Francesco Cocco
Sound design
Antoine Bertin
Video design
Jake Witlen
Light design
Michael Bischoff
Choreography assistant
Rita Barão Soares
Set design
Francesco Cocco and Matteo Carvone
Recording in the Prelude
Prof. Yossi Yovel and Prof. Lilach Hadany
Photographer
MCCM - Christophe Maitrejean
Video recording
Jubal Battisti and Alfonso Fernández
Artistic Production management
Rat&Tat Kulturbüro
A project supported by
Landeshauptstadt München, Kulturreferat
Gasteig München GmbH
Bayerischer Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz
Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Monaco
Botanische Garten München-Nymphenburg
Special thanks to:
Max Wagner, Marie Désarménien, the technical departments and the communication offices of Gasteig HP8
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Kadereit
Prinzessin Therese von Bayern-Lehrstuhl für Systematik, Biodiversität & Evolution der Pflanzen
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Dr. Lizzy Joyce
Prof. Yossi Yovel and Prof. Lilach Hadany
Arte TV
