«Dry Down - Requiem for a Lost Room»
Déguénon/Gränicher/Wetter

The performance will take place in Baslerpark

The office is dead, long live the office! An olfactory farewell ritual to a space that could hardly be more unspectacular, yet shapes lifes and careers in sometimes absurd ways.

  • Fri 12/06 20:00 – 21:30

    Premiere followed by a snack and drink reception

    Baslerpark, Baslerstrasse 60, 8048 Zürich

    Few remaining tickets at the box office

  • Sat 13/06 20:00 – 21:30

    Baslerpark, Baslerstrasse 60, 8048 Zürich

  • Mon 15/06 20:00 – 21:30

    Baslerpark, Baslerstrasse 60, 8048 Zürich

  • Tue 16/06 20:00 – 21:30

    Baslerpark, Baslerstrasse 60, 8048 Zürich

The office becomes the setting for a staged farewell. Copyright: Déguénon/Gränicher/Wetter

The site-specific installation performance ‘Dry Down’ invites you to a final Apéro in the office. Whether it's an open-plan space or at the end of a long corridor, the office is a place of regulated work, permeated by codes and hierarchies. Despite the many rules, the private sphere always pushes its way to the surface. Biographies are carved into height-adjustable desks, movement patterns are imprinted in fitted carpets, and interpersonal relationships shape the ergonomic chairs.

But what happens to this place when more and more people move to home offices or become digital nomads? When the private sphere no longer seeps into the workspace, but work creeps into the private sphere? The office begins to rot, lying fallow, ready to die. In ‘Dry Down’, lamentations and smells carry its demise, and the audience is invited to a farewell and a celebration of what remains.

‘Dry Down – Requiem for a Lost Room’ is a collaboration with the Art x Science Office at the University of Zurich.

Information on accessibility and language 

  • Stepless access

  • Language: Very little spoken German

  • Content Notes: The performance features scenes depicting farewell and mourning rituals.

  • Sound: The sound may become loud at times.

  • Smell: The performance makes extensive and continuous use of smells, some of which may be unpleasant.

  • As the production is currently in development, further information regarding the show’s accessibility will be added on an ongoing basis in the run-up to the premiere.

Copyright: Déguénon/Gränicher/Wetter

Copyright: Déguénon/Gränicher/Wetter

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