The Orange Rest/Sacrifice” offers a Vitamin Boost and the possibility to rest and rejuvenate. Facilitated as a simple station to take a break from hectic life, oranges get prepared to be juiced by a curious visitor, resting on them. The Oranges may choose amongst themselves which one will be sacrificed ( the ones that crack open). Accompanied by softly performed whistling, a present guide imitates bird sound to help the oranges to move about, as in many cultures the bird is a psychopomp helping to overcome thresholds, from life into death. Meanwhile the rest, a juice will be prepared for the visitor.
“The Orange Rest/Sacrifice” is a former form, originally designed by Toni Steffens and Sigrid Stigsdatter for their work “Spinner”. Reflecting on the economy and after lives of performance materials, former forms acts as a recycling and reanimation method for practices, thoughts, such as concrete materials and staged scenes.
Booking info:
The installation is ongoing and interactive, suitable for indoors and outdoors. It is accessible to people with limited movability with the support of a caretaker. The oranges have to be organised on location.
Credits:
Concept development: Toni Steffens and Sigrid Stigsdatter
Performance development: Toni Steffens
Production and Support: Picnic Pavillon Venice, QRU Amsterdam, Fraslab Frascati Amsterdam, Dansmakers Amsterdam, 2019, Pact Zollverein Ateliers 2022