THE SOFT LAYER

Artist and scenographer Jozef Wouters and his Decoratelier create a construction to shelter the talks and discussions of Syndicat! during the festival Between Land and Sea. This space is a continuation of The Soft Layer, a work started four years ago in the historic building of Dar Bairam Turki in Tunis, as part of the Dream City Biennale. The texts created there will be performed by local actors on the opening night of the program.

Exploring the area of Palermo and responding to the materials they find there, Wouters and his team re-enact the 17th century space in a new context. Local sandstone – tufo – and the debris of demolished palazzo’s, polished by the Mediterranean Sea, mirror their memories of Tunis but carry their own site-specific stories. The structure follows Dar Bairam Turki’s ground plan, like the ghost of that space, but with a strong connection to the present – literally, as it adjoins the Ecomuseo di Palermo. By giving an answer to the existing circumstances, The Soft Layer turns a building into a question.

Initially envisioned as temporary, the structure will remain part of the museum until next summer as a multifarious space for encounter and collaboration.

On 19 October at 18:00, the Stage Design and Syndicat! Summit will open with a performance. With: Gisella Vitrano, Erika La Ragione, Paolo Mannina and Giuseppe Muscarello.


Le discussioni e i colloqui di Syndicat! avranno luogo in The Soft Layer, uno spazio creato dall'artista e scenografo Jozef Wouters e dal suo Decoratelier, la struttura che ha fondato a Bruxelles. Questo spazio è la continuazione di un lavoro che hanno iniziato quattro anni fa in una casa del XVII secolo a Tunisi per la Biennale Dream City.

Da allora, l'edificio storico di Dar Bairam Turki è stato un luogo di produzione e fonte di ispirazione per molte delle loro opere, testi, modelli in scala e una performance. Per lo spazio del summit, Wouters cercherà di portare l'edificio a Palermo, utilizzando materiali e risorse della regione in combinazione con i resti di Tunisi. Il risultato sarà un luogo temporaneo di incontro costituito da quegli infiniti strati e connessioni che tendiamo a chiamare edificio.

Giorno 19 Ottobre alle 18:00, Stage Design e Syndicat! Summit apriranno con una performance. Con: Gisella Vitrano, Erika La Ragione, Paolo Mannina e Giuseppe Muscarello. 


Designed and built by Jozef Wouters and Menno Vandevelde
Original design Tunis in collaboration with Vladimir Miller
Production and construction Palermo in collaboration with Jesse Gagliardi

Produced by Decoratelier Brussels, Dream City Biennale and studio rizoma in coproduction with Theater Bremen in the framework of "Between Land and Sea".

WHO
Jozef Wouters

WHAT
Installation and scenography for the Syndicat! Summit

WHERE
Ecomuseo Urbano Mare Memoria Viva

WHEN
19 OCT, H 18:00—18:30

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