Nicolas Cristancho: Jump, you will find the ground
Short Description / Kurzbeschreibung
Equipped with two “maracones” (traditional Colombian Caribbean seed instruments), Nicolas Cristancho A.K.A Nico Yurgaki, explores the space through the way it reflects the sound produced.
“In the metaphor of time, of some ancestral peoples from the Americas, the past is on the horizon, as we move backward into the future.” He begins from the threshold between two rooms. The one in front of him is in darkness. The one behind him is bright; we can see the action from this vantage point.
The performance unfolds over time with a simple series of movements, with Nico slowly walking backward until a momentum generated by the climax of the sound produced by the maracas launches him towards the past, where he disappears into the darkness.
By creating this fragment, we began to explore the perception of time through a rhythmic conversation among sound, silence, and echo.
Interprets And Location / Interpreten und Ort
- Maracon and performance: Nicolas Cristancho (Nico Yurgaki)
- Camera and video: Elena Tilli
- Location: Sayner Hütte, Germany
Short Biography / Kurze Biographie
ELENA TILLI
Multidisciplinary artist. She insists on the body as the epicenter of scenic language while researching, studying, and developing post-dramatic approaches to technological constructions she develops, engineers, and builds.
She is also a video designer for theater, and her collaborations have been seen at The Kitchen Theater in New York, at the Barichstaadt Opera in Munich, Wuppertal Opernhause, Düsseldorf Schauspiel, Hanover Schauspiel, Theater El Poblet in Barcelona, among others.
NICOLAS CRISTANCHO
Composer, pianist, guitarist, and percussionist specialized in Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music. Creator of soundtracks for audiovisuals and performing arts. Nicolás is the co-founder of the Cistifellea Collective, together with the director and video designer Elena Tilli, where he works as a sound designer, performer, and writer. His practice of improvisation and his emphatic approach during the process offer unique possibilities.
