A picnic on the edge of the night, a temporary camp for nocturnal tales. Combining research on the gesture of walking and nomadism with the temporary occupation of public space, DOM- invites the public to a collective exercise of rest and suspension with this site-specific work.
When night falls, clocks stop and perception expands, the landscape radiates indecipherable messages, lingering like the warmth rising from the ground as humidity descends from the sky and tree trunks. Muslin dresses lie down on the grass and dark rocks, someone walks away. Nature then reveals itself in all its seductive power, summoning bodies, inviting them to stop and get lost, sounding an irresistible call to go further, to cross the threshold between dream and wakefulness. A cry on the verge of an experience with no return – or, if one returns, they do so without words to describe it.
Darkness Pic-Nic is a twilight gathering in an imaginary place, retracing the atmospheres and visions of Peter Weir’s 1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock – based on Joan Lindsay’s novel – that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
DOM-, a project by Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna, explores the language of performing arts, incorporating environmental humanities and queer and feminist ecologies. The project investigates the relationship between bodies and territories using hybrid artistic practices that involve human and non-human forces. The research revolves around permeability and observes how power, nature, culture and marginality interact in public spaces.
project curated by DOM-
production Sardegna Teatro, Fuorimargine – Centro di Produzione di Danza e Arti Performative della Sardegna
ph. Andrea Macchia