BATTERIES EXPLODE IN FIRE
Text / concept - Ella Ziegler (DE)
Spoken word - Sophia New (GB), Daniel Belasco Rogers (GB)
BERLIN / PROJECT SPACE MEINBLAU (GER) 2018
How do we change our voice, facial expressions and gestures, and the intensity of our actions when angry or in rage?
Batteries explode in Fire is based on research on the performance of anger, rage and domestic violence. Sophia New and Daniel Belasco Rogers recite the safety instructions from the electrical appliances thrown from an upstairs gallery into the exhibition space, where they shatter. The initially objective reading of the safety instructions and absurd prohibitions develops into a reproachful argument and escalates into both performers' loud and spirited outbursts of rage. The speakers present the safety instructions for the household electrical appliances thrown into the showroom during the reading. The initially factual reading of the safety instructions develops into a reproachful outburst of anger of the speakers.
