OPEN STUDIO * CINE-PERFORMANCE LAB
18. November 2023, 6pm
Ian Kaler with guests Stephane Peeps, Stephanie Rauch, Dafne Narvaez Berlfein, Chris Standfest, Hannes Wurm and Sebastian Bauer.
Join us for an informal evening of sketches, open studio conversations and sneak-peaks, closing with a DJ-set by Peeps.
GRAFTING SELF screening at RIO LGBTQIA+ 2023, 06.07.2023–12.07.2023
SENTIENT BEINGS
(Online Premiere)
Extended screening of SENTIENT BEINGS is available to stream online below.
The film was largely produced at Hof Cassiopeia stables and features one of horses as the protagonist.
SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone.
SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone. The video-piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines of choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as in/voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.
Direction, Choreography, Performance:
Ian Kaler
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Color Grading:
Caio Soarez
Technical Direction Installation:
Noam Gorbat
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
BERLIN CREW
Assistant Direction:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
Horse:
Joblesco
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
VIENNA CREW
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Nick Prokesch
Best Boy Grip:
Sebastian Bauer, Marco Tölzer
Horse:
Aragon
Horse Trainers:
Schottenhof Zentrum für tiergestützte Pädagogik – Integratives Reiten und Voltigieren
Special thanks to Uferstudios and Hof Cassiopeia
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.
The video piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense, embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines between choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as (in)voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.
For its initial release, SENTIENT BEINGS was conceived as a site-specific video installation and premiered on 18 Dec at the riding hall of stable Hof Cassiopeia.
SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone. The video-piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines of choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as in/voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.
Direction, Choreography, Performance:
Ian Kaler
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Color Grading:
Caio Soarez
Technical Direction Installation:
Noam Gorbat
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
BERLIN CREW
Assistant Direction:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
Horse:
Joblesco
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
VIENNA CREW
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Nick Prokesch
Best Boy Grip:
Sebastian Bauer, Marco Tölzer
Horse:
Aragon
Horse Trainers:
Schottenhof Zentrum für tiergestützte Pädagogik – Integratives Reiten und Voltigieren
Special thanks to Uferstudios and Hof Cassiopeia
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.
SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone. The video-piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines of choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as in/voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.
Direction, Choreography, Performance:
Ian Kaler
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Color Grading:
Caio Soarez
Technical Direction Installation:
Noam Gorbat
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
BERLIN CREW
Assistant Direction:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
Horse:
Joblesco
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
VIENNA CREW
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Nick Prokesch
Best Boy Grip:
Sebastian Bauer, Marco Tölzer
Horse:
Aragon
Horse Trainers:
Schottenhof Zentrum für tiergestützte Pädagogik – Integratives Reiten und Voltigieren
Special thanks to Uferstudios and Hof Cassiopeia
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.
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