Émilie-Anna Maillet & Judith Guez
€5–12 (LU card)
€5 (students)
a free walk through the cosmogonic maze
Where does the world end? Alone in his bed, eight-year-old Kristoffer thinks about the infinite universe, frightened. Inspired by Kant, a philosophical tale by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, the play gives form to this sense of vertigo through the body, images, and sensations. Technology is transformed into visual poetry: optical illusions, holograms, and transforming images bring childhood fears and impulses to life. The stage wavers, slips away from the familiar, and opens up to other dimensions.
Text: Kant by Jon Fosse
Translation: Terje Sinding, L’Arche Éditeur
Direction, concept, dramaturgy and set design: Émilie-Anna Maillet
Assistant director: Tom Lejars
Starring: Valentine Alaqui
Video design: Maxime Lethelier and Camille Cotineau
Music composition: Dayan Korolic
Set construction: Simon Maurice
3D graphic design for the production: Adrien Gentils, Joseph Sajous, Raphaël de Paris, Théo Rambur, in progress
Lighting design, lighting operation and stage management: Laurent Beucher
Video operation: Camille Cotineau or Léo Mondon
Sound operation: Hippolyte Leblanc or Martin Guesney
Stage management: Ben Desnos, Léo Mondon, in progress
Transmedia co-design, co-creation and development of La Chambre de Kristoffer: Judith Guez
Dramaturgy: Léa Carton de Grammont and Clotilde Evrard
Screen printing for La Chambre de Kristoffer: Céline Diez
3D creation and development for La Chambre de Kristoffer: Guillaume Bertinet and Innerspace VR
Visual design of the Cosmogonic Labyrinth: Paatrice Marchand
AR design of the Cosmogonic Labyrinth and digital platform: Rémi Engel
Immersive experience technical direction: Léo Mondon, in progress
Facilitators: Margaux Bonin or Melik Dridi
Special thanks to: Rose Gourland of La MC2: Grenoble - Scène nationale, Cosmocité, Benoit Labourdette
Production: Ex Voto à la Lune
Co-productions: Les Gémeaux – Scène nationale de Sceaux, La MC2: Grenoble – Scène nationale, Théâtre Théo Argence – Ville de Saint-Priest, Maif Social Club
With the support of: Théâtre Nouvelle Génération – CDN de Lyon, Centre national de la danse, CDA / Scène conventionnée art numérique
Financial partners: Le Voyage de Kristoffer is supported by the ‘Expérience augmentée du spectacle vivant’ scheme under France 2030, operated by the Caisse des Dépôts for the project: Inventing and experimenting with new forms of storytelling for young people, led by Ex Voto à la Lune, La MC2: Grenoble and Territoire de Science, CNC – National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image – production grant – project support for immersive creation
Ex Voto à la Lune is funded by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Île-de-France and by the Île-de-France Region under the artistic and cultural residency (PAC) scheme.
Émilie-Anna Maillet is an artist in residence at the MC2, Scène nationale de Grenoble.
2014 Production: With creation support from DRAC Île-de-France, support from ARCADI Île-de-France, development and creation support from DICREAM, and support from SPEDIDAM and the Val-d’Oise Departmental Council
Co-productions: CDA / Enghien-les-Bains’ state-subsidised digital arts venue, Le Granit / Belfort’s National Theatre, and L-EST / European Laboratory for Performing Arts and Transmedia (in development), European Centre for Creation, a project comm
