MEDIATHEK

gamut inc, run by Marion Wörle and Maciej Sledziecki, present their second music theatre piece ONE MORE PIONEER. In times of simultanious digital euphory and fatigue the piece questions the concept of „future“ and enters the field of progress, utopia and technophilia. The piece is based loosely on a short story of David Foster Wallace: a story retold from a retelling about a small jungle civilization‘s advancement and eventual downfall as it interacts with an exceptionally brilliant child/guru. This framework interacts with found text footage, like for example frequently asked questions by Google or excerpts from UNA bomber Ted Kaczynski ́s manifesto. Projections and „talking heads“ shot by video artist Zan Lyons, slides, pre-produced texts and the performer Jörn J. Burmester will present the piece on stage. Dark and delicate electro-acoustic and electronic tunes, delivered by gamut inc ́s retro futuristic, self-built and computer driven music machines, forming a technoid totem pole in the centre of the stage, will carry the piece through rise and fall of civilization, as it is retold by someone who was himself told by someone who overheard it on a United flight, told by one passenger to another. The story is given several possible versions and endings, nobody knows which version is true, because information has no weight.

The piece was shown in Berlin (Brotfabrik), Cologne (ARTheater) and Munich (Schwere Reiter Theater) and claimed positive feedback from audience, press and in professional circles. It was invited to the Resonance Festival in Elblag (PL) in an international version. We´re working on other possibilities to present the piece to an audience in an international context.