Artist in residence on the digital stage from 5 October to 17 October 2009

This production, or should we say, this ritual of sounds, images and words, is not, strictly speaking, a reflection on new technologies, but rather on the "contours of the soul," this "cartoon” of man, a first inward voyage through which he is required to make reality out of his dreams.

So, this show, on the one hand an example of widespread use of new technologies, and on the other hand, a questioning of these same technologies, a consideration of this long process called "progress", a concept at once vague and yet inevitable, and which incites man towards advancement to these new territories, expanding the scope of (im)possible pleasure and desires ... to infinity.

It's the story of that man sitting in front of his computer keyboard and typing a word into Google who in fact is asking questions about himself.

It is ultimately the quest of the "archaic" or "simple primitivism" Sought through a canvas, Carroll's looking glass – that Jonathan Pontier is putting forward through this work where music, text and video interact endlessly in the most organic way possible.

Artistic team:
Jonathan Pontier: design, music and texts
Olivier Garouste: Video production
Thibault Walter: video design and electro acoustic broadcasting
Yves Chaudouet: Set design, staging
Jocelyn Bonnerave : assistant playwright
Sylvain Thévenard: sound
With actor Nicolas Senty
And
Alexandre Authelain: clarinets & saxophones
Christelle Séry: guitars
Jonathan Pontier: samplers, laptop
Guillaume Lantonnet & Sylvain Lemêtre : percussion
 

A project produced by La Muse en Circuit, centre national de création musicale, Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace à Guebwilller, Théâtre de l’Agora, scène nationale, L’Allan, scène nationale de Montbéliard