The characters in this lmed shadow play question their dualistic role as actors before taking to the stage. While staging a puppet play within the play, put on make-up and get dressed in burlesque, precise motions, they sing of the existential inner life. Their play refers to the traditions of the tableau vivant and the chinese puppet shadow plays that were popular in nineteenth-century france. The musical composition resounds throughout the rooms like a medieval german ballad, and emphasizes the inde nable nature of the timeless, colourless tale. We too, spectators seated on the other side of the screen, are staged here, and our roles questioned: in which of the two worlds am i moving about; in reality, or in the mise en abyme of the ctional frame that is staged?

Just for your archives, here's an overview of the AV-components we use for the video works in your solo @ KIOSKgalerie:
1) Shadow Play: 415 x 233 cm
beamer: Sanyo PLC-XP200L + ultra short throw lens (fixed) (0.8 : 1 lens factor) (estimated throw distance is 337 cm, from lens to retro projection foil).
player: BrightSign HD810 (sdhc class 4 flash card)
your video file is being played at 1080p, over HDMI to DVI video cable
(video file encoding is Media Concept H.264 ('AVC'), at 25 mbps in level 4.1 CBR)