Marco Barotti @BILDSTÖRUNG Festival
Ten thousand years ago there were 1 million people living on the planet, fifty years ago there were 3 billion of us and by the end of this century we are estimated to reach a population of 10 billion!
03 june. > 06 june.
Detmold, Germany
with 'The Egg'
We have transformed almost every part of our planet and as we continue to grow, our need for vital resources increases exponentially. Marco Barotti develops a kinetic sound sculpture resembling an egg, questioning the effects of overpopulation. Driven by real-time data generated by the Worldometer, the sculpture constantly changes shape.
Marco Barotti is part of the international network IN SITU European platform for artistic creations in public space.
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Bildstörung – Festival for performing arts in public spaces
(UN)COMMON SPACES 2020-2024 Associate partner since 2020
BILDSTÖRUNG festival is one of the major festivals for performing arts in public spaces in Germany with national and international significance. On the eastern edge of North Rhine-Westphalia, away from the metropolises, a place emerged, presenting performing arts that have chosen the city and the surrounding landscape as their performance site.
BILDSTÖRUNG - Straßentheater Festival Detmold
For 30 years, the street theater festival "Image disturbance" in Detmold has been moving people and "disturbing" the usual image of the city.
The festival took place for the first time in 1992 and has been held every two years since then. Once again, the KulturTeam is taking on the challenge of creating a festival in 2022 that shows the most diverse facets and forms of expression of the genre.
Marco Barotti
(IT)
Marco Barotti is a modern performing artist in the broadest sense of the word. completing his music studies at the Siena Jazz Academy, he moved to Berlin in 2007 to enter a new audio dimension between the myriad of musical genres cross-pollinating the city. In the last three years, his solo works at the crossroad of environmental sound art, visual art, and participative projects took a leap, shifting his main artistic focus onto these projects
