SunBengSitting explores the questions that arise in the dynamic relationship between city and country, home and foreign, pigeonhole thinking and artistic freedom. "Sunbeng" is derived from the Upper Austrian dialect and refers to the bench placed in the sun in front of the farm.
Growing up on a farm surrounded by tradition, nature, youthful rebellion, and a rural heavy metal band, Simon Mayer moved to Vienna in 1997 and attended the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera. He was an aspirant with the Corps de Ballet for one season and had unexpectedly found himself in a world where the term "farmer" can also be used as a swear word. The move was both liberating and restrictive. The Austrian farm boy and performance artist invites the audience to get to know his life, his contradictions, and his unwillingness to conform to categories and conventions.
Austria｜Simon Mayer
Born in 1984 in Austria, Simon Mayer is a choreographer, musician, performer, lecturer, and curator. He studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and was a member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet. He was trained in self-induced cognitive trance, which was followed by works on the subjects of boundaries and consent, mindfulness and trauma.
Mayer played as a multi-instrumentalist and singer in various bands. He has released several audio performances, albums of musical compositions and stage productions. As a dancer, choreographer, and musician, he has participated in a wide range of productions. His choreographic repertoire includes solos, duets, group pieces, as well as socially engaged and immersive events. His plays have been performed internationally in Europe, China, Chile, and Canada.
As a curator and artistic director, Mayer founded Art in Motion - Association for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary and Transformative Art. It aims to promote, develop, and disseminate contemporary and experimental dance and performance art. It also aims to foster the connection of various art forms through performances, workshops, and seminars. Additionally, it focuses on conducting socio-cultural, socio-scientific, and socio-political research and its artistic representation. He has (co)directed festivals such as Spiel, Tanzplan Ost, and the Ecstatic Body Festival, among others. In addition to his stage work, Simon is active as a dramaturgical accompanist, coach, and workshop leader. In 2017, he received the Outstanding Artist Award of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, and in 2018, he received the Recognition Award of the Province of Upper Austria.
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Performance, Choreography and Music: Simon Mayer
Sound and Live Loop: Pascal Holper
Lighting Design: Lucas Gruber, Hannes Ruschbaschan
Lighting Design on Tour: Sveta Schwin, Jeroen Smith
Production: Sophie Schmeiser
Technical Director: Jeroen Smith
Touring and Production Management: Lisa Anetsmann / Art in Motion
Artistic Consulting: Frans Poelstra
Photography: Gerhard F. Ludwig
Support by Elio Gervasi/raum 33, ROSAS, Kunstenzentrum BUDA, shareyourdarlings platform.
A co-production of Kopf hoch/Simon Mayer, brut Wien, FREISCHWIMMER 2014/15 and Im_ flieger.
With the kind support of the Province of Upper Austria, the Federal Chancellery, the Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels, the Capital Cultural Fund and the Governing Mayor of Berlin - Senate Chancellery - Cultural Affairs.
Thanks to Kulturverein SPIEL, Trachtenverein Altstädter Bauerngmoa, Goaßlschnalzer Munderfing, Pramtaler Volkstanzgruppe, Fam. Mayer, Christian Schmeiser and Josef Schild.
Presenter: Taipei Performing Arts Center
In Partnership with CN D
Supported by CHANEL
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