Death by Sun IV
Tianzhuo Chen
00:00
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1)35 / 30On sale soon
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In »Death by Sun,« multidisciplinary artist Tianzhuo Chen places the sun at the centre of a journey through mythology, technology, and the contested futures of solar energy. Moving between ancient solar imaginaries, the climate crisis, authoritarian symbolism, energy colonialism, and the geopolitics of renewable energy, the performance asks how our relationship with the sun continues to shape ideas of power, progress, and the future. Reimagined as a plural and unstable protagonist, the sun becomes both narrator and force: sacred and technological, life-giving and destructive.
Drawing on Georges Bataille’s writings on the sun, the work approaches it as a force of excess and expenditure that gives without return, bringing ideas of abundance, waste, and consumption into tension with contemporary systems of extraction. Together with collaborators Ndoho Ange, Siko Setyanto, and Dis Fig, Chen transforms these ideas through choreography, sound, video, intense light, and immersive installation, opening a space for imagining alternative forms of solarity.
This event is not included in CTM and transmediale Festival or Weekend Passes. Ticket pre-sale will start on 1 December.
»Death by Sun« is a production by Tianzhuo Chen and partner in crime in coproduction with HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, CTM Festival, transmediale, Kampnagel Hamburg, Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Festival d’Automne. Funded by HKF – Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin.
Warning: This show will take place with loud volumes and stroboscopic lighting effects. Ear protection is available at the venue. Entry is 18+.
HAU1 is wheelchair accessible. Access to the Parkett (parquet) is available by means of a separate entrance with a lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available on-site. There are two marked parking spots located in front of the building. Persons taking public transit may check the current status of elevators at the subway stops nearest each venue, via the BVG (both in German and English).
We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card.
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