In May 2006 zenit&nadir started with the conceptual work of bringing sounds to spaces and their surroundings. The composition of picture and sound was in the spotlight at this time.
Since 2008 the team of free artists generates the components of its performances, not only through fragments of the surrounding areas, which are collected at the space of events, arranged, dissembled and put together again for the performance, but also through historical incidents, which were up-to-date then and still are. Being aware of the fact that consternation is most likely to be caused by the spatially obvious, zenit&nadir are making the audience members locate history with its' dark sides and connect occurrences, which seem to be harmless at first, with landscapes, settings, people or the audience’s very own surroundings. They hope to bring into awareness the latent dangers of the developmental threats to democracy. The past can be an eye opener for the present and the future.
Piece by piece zenit&nadir put together the space of the performance, with the help of video art, experimental sound- and dance performances, as well as using texts and performing arts, on a journey past the edgy surroundings and freely interpreted. The selection of the acoustic and visual stylistic devises depends on the corresponding theme and performance location.
Because of this concept every performance is unique, because every sound to each space, is inevitably interwoven with the story and the artists performances always include local sound and visual material.
Furthermore zenit&nadir keeps up the basic concept and still performs in a free experimental and abstract context.
zenit&nadir | visual sound performance
Aleksandar Nesic
Alexandra Mahnke