Crédit: Juan Arturo García

GNARLED ROOTS OF A CREATION THEORY - HOLLY CHILDS AND GEDIMINAS ŽYGUS

The 05/05/2022 from 19:00 to 21:30

Gnarled Roots of a Creation Theory is a performance named for a fabled PhD thesis by an Australian businessman who claims to be anonymous Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. Twenty-first century mythology is at the centre of this broad, complex and chaotic piece, with the September 11 attacks in New York its origin story. Gnarled Roots explores the mediated experience of 9/11, by looking at the falling towers as a cataclysmic, theatrical mega-event in the ontology of all of the stories of the Western world.

La Manutention

Launched in fall 2017, La Manutention is a residency program dedicated to performing artists. Holly Childs & Gediminas Zygus are invited in residence for one month. The artists meet the public once per week in the spaces of the Palais de Tokyo. These performative evenings allow the public to discover their world and those of their guests, while offering the opportunity to follow the evolution of their work.

 

Curator Vittoria Matarrese

With Lighting designer Theresa Baumgartner

Costume design Limo Hair

Typography Wei Huang

Choreography Antanas Lučiūnas

Performers Holly Childs, Antanas Lučiūnas, x/o

Screening by Akil Ahamat – so the spaces between us can stay soft and muscular dreams

Hybrid DJ Performance x/o

Holly Childs et Gediminas Žygus’s residency is supported by the Lithuanian Cultural Institute.