The spectator’s cell-phone is ringing. A voice orders him to observe a person named Black. The voice puts the observer via cell-phone on the track. The observer follows Black to different locations in the city. The city and its everyday life increasingly transform into a backdrop – reality’s credibility is at stake. The voice in the observer’s ears is like a stranger’s request at times, and at others like a commentary of the observer’s movements and perceptions – almost as though the observer was talking to himself, as if it were his own inner voice he was unswervingly listening to. In the process, the observer digs deeper and deeper into the city, into the story, into Black. The observer gradually gets sucked into a maelstrom of his cognitive stroll and is therefore increasingly the focus of his own concerns: the observer becomes the main character in the film taking place in his own head. 

WITH Miriam Fiordeponti, Sascha Gersak, Wowo Habdank, Dominique Müller, Andrea Schmid, Luc Müller DIRECTION Bernhard Mikeska ASSISTANCE Charlotte von Bausznern TEXT Paul Auster DRAMATURGY Andreas Regelsberger SOUND DESIGN Martin Wigger SCENOGRAPHY Bernhard Mikeska, Dominic Huber, Andreas Regelsberger SET DESIGN Dominic Huber LIGHT DESIGN Christa Wenger COSTUMES Esther Krapiwnikow PHOTO Lisa Biedlingsmaier TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Jan Goettgens PREMIERE Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zürich 10/2007 PRODUCTION mikeska:plus:blendwerk COPRODUCTION Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich SUPPORT Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich; Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich; Pro Helvetia; Ernst Göhner Stiftung; Migros Kulturprozent INTERNET www.bernhardmikeska.de, www.blendwerk.ch

mikeska:plus:blendwerk
mikeska:plus:blendwerk consists of Bernhard Mikeska and Dominic Huber. After completing his doctorate in theoretical physics, Bernhard Mikeska now works as an independant director. Dominic Huber works as a stage designer after having graduated as an architect. The team works regularly with blendwerk co-founder, Christa Wenger (light and video) and actors from Zurich.