EUTOPIA
Trickster-p
A tabletop game for spectators.
The stories of the Earth have changed in nature and scale: we do not write stories to tell about thecreation or the course of the world, but to avert its end.
Combining performance, installation and game design, Eutopia calls into question outmoded biological, ecological and anthropological models to transform the theatre into a big action table. Around it, spectators are invited to a participatory experience whose results, always different, are the outcome of their own individual contributions. Eutopia privileges that art of telling stories in which human beings neither are the core nor occupy the role of intruders against whom ‘nature’ should be protected, and participants are involved, questioned and turned players of the non-human stories that arise from their action.
Trickster-p arises out of the encounter of Cristina Galbiati and Ilija Luginbühl and is intended as an artistic research project which pushes at the boundaries of different art forms. Initially their research focused specifically on the centrality and physicality of the performer; as time went on, their focus has shifted from a more narrow definition of theatre to include expressions that transgress genre boundaries, both conceptually and formally resulting from the mixture of extremely heterogeneous artistic media. Their works include performances and installations translated into numerous languages and presented in over 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, among them. In 2017 Cristina Galbiati and Ilija Luginbühl have been awarded the prestigious Swiss Theatre Award.
Creation: Trickster-p / Concept and realization: Cristina Galbiati and Ilija Luginbühl / Artistic collaboration: Simona Gonella, Yves Regenass / Associated game designer: Pietro Polsinelli / Original sound space: Zeno Gabaglio / External eye: Martina Mutzner / Assistance and collaboration in the construction: Arianna Bianconi / Graphic design and design consultants: Studio CCRZ / Photos and teaser: Giulia Lenzi / Production: Trickster-p, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Co-production: Theater Chur, ROXY Birsfelden, Südpol Luzern, TAK Theater Liechtenstein, FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts
Creation residency at Le Grütli - Centre de production et de diffusion des Arts vivants
Supported by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, DECS Repubblica e Cantone Ticino - Fondo Swisslos, Città di Lugano, Municipio di Novazzano, Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL, SWISSLOS / Kulturförderung Kanton Graubünden, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, GKB BEITRAGSFONDS, Stiftung Dr. Valentin Malamoud, Boner Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur, Bürgergemeinde Chur, Fondazione Winterhalter.
