2003

concept, choreography and drawings Katrina Brown
music/songs/soundscore Han Buhrs
dance/performance Katrina Brown, Lucas Condro, Helena Lizari
animation editing Eileen Standley
light Hans Weima

A [Nes]theaters Production (De Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal, Amsterdam) with financial support from Het Fonds voor de PodiumKunsten Nederland

Amoeba Blues is a narrative unravelling itself in performance between live dance, sound-score and projected animation.Three performers work alongside one another: a solo by Helena Lizari and a duet by Lucas Condro & Katrina Brown run parallel to each other – two parallel realities that intersect and touch upon each other only momentarily. The woman starts as gum-chewing  confident social being but as human she increasingly unravels and becomes formless whilst inversely the ‘two’ become increasingly aware of their human relationship. A commentary on shape-shifting and intangible fluid boundaries of being human.

Amoeba Blues … Take …
2 litres of boiling water
1/2 litre pepsi-cola
5 shifting trees
100 small mixed jumps
2 sighs, electric violins
1 flat dog, 1 sick dog, 1 dog by lampost
A fine line, a short breath
A spoonful of sobbing voices
3 dying frog spasms
Mix … 
And add a car swerving past a sad face falling off
the broken table
Stir the shadows
Glance upwards once more
And simmer in a warm, very slow, neutral surroundings
Pour into 2 tall shivering glasses 
 ………  Amoeba Blues