PA-RA is devoted to poesie sonore and UR-languages developed in the tradition of European avant-garde, translated to live actions in acting, dance, music and images. Video projection is processed in "real time" and utilises system of signs to co-direct the event. The piece was developed as a synchronisation of individual elements by six performers, relating in simultaneous parallel actions. Shared and shifted conduct, modular partitura, improvised elements.
Marko Kosnik - concept, live video instrument, Damjana Cerne - paralogs, acting, Mateja Bucar - coreography, dance, Dragana Cukavac - coreography, dance, Margit Rieben - drums, electronic, small instruments, singing saw, Dirk Bruinsma - soprano & baritone sax, prepared el. guitar, electronics, Borut Kumperscak - webcast
Premiered and performed 5 times in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, December 1998