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Free Admission, Registration required at offce@goldextra.com
ONCE UPON UNSTEADY GROUNDS
Online media theatre, awarded Game Prize of City of Salzburg 2025
by Reinhold Bidner, Tobias Hammerle, Sonja Prlic, Mara Vivas and Karl Zechenter
with Nathaniel Eras, Parisa Ghasemi, Derek Holguin, Haydee Jimenez, Sarut Komalittipong, Felix Ludwig, Ashkan Nematian, Ielizaveta Oliinyk, Sasapin Siriwanij
Production and assistance: Sophia Reiterer, Julia Buchwieser, Jana Sturm
Media art consulting, testing: Georg Hobmeier, Christian Knapp
Paper boars arise!
Follow gold extra to unsteady grounds and join dance artist Mara Vivas through fears and hopes in the touching and compelling story of her journey to Europe. In this online performance, Mara's story interweaves with narratives and insights from guests from all parts of the world.
London, Gatwick Airport
Mara Vivas, a professional dancer, has fled Venezuela, defecting at the end of an international tour with the National Ballet of Caracas. Having left behind memories of childhood's poverty and life threatening experiences, she now faces the reality of a migrant hoping to find work, security, and above all survive in Europe. On the morning of August 2nd, 2001, Mara arrives in London. Unfortunately only getting as far as passport control. There, almost simultaneously, a disaster and a miracle take place. Once Upon Unsteady Grounds is the story of these events that still reverberate in Mara's life today.
Internet, global
gold extra employs the magic of virtual spaces in an online performance, enabling the audience to embark on a journey with Mara and experience events simultaneously from her perspective as well as from the airport's. Mara's story leads to spaces where people from various parts of the world, including Iran, Ukraine, Mexico, Thailand, and the US, make live appearances. They provide the audience with insight into their experiences while traveling across national boundaries, societies, and ideas.
Ready for the play? What to do in an online performance
You don't need any prior knowledge to participate in the performance. Everything important is explained on the performance website in video and text and will be sent to each visitor by email.
For the performance you will need a computer with a stable internet connection, and a mouse. Either a "Firefox" or "Chrome" browser should be installed. A proper microphone or even a headset, like the one used for telephone calls, would be helpful. Smart devices, i.e. smartphones are not advised.
Shows: Saturday, September, 27th, 7 pm and 9 pm
Please register until September 26th by email via office@goldextra.com.
Free Admission.
Photography by Werner Kmetitsch/office@photowerk.at, Wolfgang Hilsse, Joerg Reichardt, Miguel Gracia, Mara Vivas' family archive.
