You will not kill me. Not in that way. I’m a human as you. Do you remember? Ape not kill Ape [pronouncing it crudely as in the movie]. I love your sci-fi movies, you know? “The Death of the Anthropocene” is a project by Mexican artist Julian Bonequi that is inspired by radio drama and sci-fi movies. The work imagines a series of one-on-one encounters between ordinary people and mysterious visitors. Mutants, composite human-robot-animals, aliens… these visitors are met with aggression, incredulity, shock and disbelief as they repeatedly paint grim pictures of the future of humanity. The diverse conversations, animated with narration, incidental sounds and specially composed musical extracts, will be accompanied by Bonequi’s own 3D animation, appearing intermittently during the performance. Expanding the narrative with non-realistic models and non figurative but associative aesthetics, Bonequi aims to create snapshots of imaginary characters and scenarios that activate our frustration towards our global inaction and fear of its repercussions. Translation: Matthias Karow WIth: Stefan Kaminski Piano: Tamara Dauenhauer Text recordings: Hermann Leppich Mix: Santi Rodriguez and Julian Bonequi Text director: Götz Naleppa Composition and Realisation: Julian Bonequi Deutschlandfunk Kultur / CTM-Festival production in cooperation with Goethe-Institut, SoCCoS network, ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst and Ö1 Radiokunst - Kunstradio 2017. Links: The Death of the Anthropocene Video CTM Radio Lab 2017 Deutschlandfunk Kultur Ö1 Kunstsonntag |