1000 Serpentinen Angst
video scenography
1000 Serpentinen Angst stages the fragmented journey of a young Black woman born in the GDR, unfolding across shifting times, places, and generations. Multi-channel video projections transform the stage into evolving landscapes, blending abstract environments, architecture, and natural imagery. Integrated into a sculptural scenography, the visuals dynamically layer geometric forms, textures, and digital animations, creating an immersive visual language.
Inspired by Olivia Wenzel’s eponymous novel, 1000 Serpentinen Angst is directed by Anta Helena Recke and staged at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin as part of its repertoire. The piece follows the journey of a young Black woman born in the GDR, unfolding in leaps through time, places, and generations. Her story moves between Vietnam, Berlin, Morocco, the USA, Poland, and Thuringia, weaving together memories and histories like leafing through an old photo album.
To translate these shifts into the stage experience, I created multi-channel video projections that blend abstract environments, architectural spaces, and urban and natural landscapes. Developed in collaboration with scenographer and visual artist Marta Dyachenko, the projections are seamlessly integrated into the sculptural scenography. Pure geometric forms and kinetic surfaces interact with a sophisticated video mapping system, allowing the visuals to reshape the space dynamically. A fusion of colors, patterns, noisy textures, film recordings, and digital animations defines each chapter, crafting an immersive and ever-evolving visual language.
To translate these shifts into the stage experience, I created multi-channel video projections that blend abstract environments, architectural spaces, and urban and natural landscapes. Developed in collaboration with scenographer and visual artist Marta Dyachenko, the projections are seamlessly integrated into the sculptural scenography. Pure geometric forms and kinetic surfaces interact with a sophisticated video mapping system, allowing the visuals to reshape the space dynamically. A fusion of colors, patterns, noisy textures, film recordings, and digital animations defines each chapter, crafting an immersive and ever-evolving visual language.
four-channels stage video projection
digital video animations
generative graphics
edited footage
since 2021.08 at GORKI Theater, Berlin (DE)
digital video animations
generative graphics
edited footage
since 2021.08 at GORKI Theater, Berlin (DE)
Credits —
Video scenography design and production: Matteo Taramelli, Marta Dyachenko ︎ Video projections: Jesse Jonas Kracht ︎ Stage design: Marta Dyachenko ︎ Director: Anta Helena Reke ︎ Collaboration adaption, concept and co-direction: Hieu Hoang ︎ Choreography and co-direction: Jeremy Nedd, Joana Tischkau ︎ Light design: Gregor Roth ︎ Costumes: Pola Kardum ︎ Sound design: Frieder Blume ︎ Dramaturgy: Valerie Göhring ︎ Cast: Ariane Andereggen, Shari Asha Crosson, Moses Leo, Hanh Mai Thi Tran, Falilou Seck, Tim Freudensprung, Abak Safaei-Rad