Ari Benjamin Meyers • Solo (Social Distance Version)

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Performance, 10 minutes long The performance can only be visited with a pre-booked time slot. Registration: contact@yellowsolo.de We ensure hygienic conditions in all situations in accordance with current regulations. _________________________________ In Solo (Social Distance Version, 2020), the soloist and the solo audience are separated by a wall, and thus the show, experienced in complete solitude, is comprised not of hearing but overhearing. In this situation, the libretto not only comments on the relation of performer and recipient but also touches upon questions of personal presence and the relativity of the notion of reality and liveness – perhaps the most topical subjects of our time with regard to social isolation and the distortions of communication. To be presented first at CHB and later at Yellow Solo, this new version is based on the original libretto and composition, with an altered choreography leading to a fundamental difference in terms of the space and the relation of the performer and audience. Solo by Ari Benjamin Meyers was first presented in Berlin in 2009 by Soundfair at Loge. In line with the basic concept of the work, only one person at a time was allowed to enter the space, to experience a live vocal performance of ca. seven minutes, delivered by a solo singer. In the first version of the performance, the soloist and the solo audience were in one space, a small room which created, in fact provoked, an inevitably intimate connection between the two. However, this relationship itself is questioned in the process of the performance, as the sung text in the libretto reflects in real-time on the unfolding situation. ____________________ For more info visit https://yellowsolo.de