Ethereal Realms – all fiction is metaphor

Ethereal Realms – all fiction is metaphor is a solo for electronic musician Marie Delprat within a performative installation inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 feminist science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness. Amidst a contrasting sound- and landscape, between baroque and electronics, we reflect on the complexities of identity and connection.

Le Guin claims that all fiction is metaphorical. In our fiction, the lines of sex, becoming, belonging, and world-making are not simply this, that, or neither; they are all something not yet imagined by humanity.

Concept, Music, Performance: Marie Delprat
Concept, Direction: Aïda Gabriëls
Concept, Dramaturgy: Katelyn King
Scenography: :mentalKLINIK Light design: Elia Huber Light support: Nacho Fonseca
Sound Design: Maxime Le Saux
Costume: Maarten van Mulken
Distortion/E-Gitarre: David Koch
Production: Maxine Devaud / oh la la – perfoming arts production

Co-Production with Dampfzentrale Bern und Gare du Nord Basel

Supports from Kultur Stadt Bern, SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern, Fachausschuss Musik BS/BL, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fondation Nicati-de Luze, Burgergemeinde Bern, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, UBS Culture Foundation

22 March — Dampfzentrale, Bern (CH)

07 May — Gare du Nord, Basel (CH)

17 & 18 May — O. Festival, Rotterdam (NL)

09 August — MA Festival, Bruges (BE)

27 September — SONICA, Glasgow (UK)

Photos : Erwin Fonseca, La Pataconera