Nous le Radeau – The Intuition Machine

For ICK Amsterdam’s production NOUS LE RADEAU I developed a 3D light hologram sculpture that continues the movements of the dancers using motion captured data to resynthesize their bodies as light. Motion capture technology is used during the piece to synthesize sounds using algorithms and AI developed by Jorrit Tamminga, Farzaneh Nouri and Salvador Breed . These same algorithms are also running live in a simulated environment for the installation where fragments of the piece are continually reiterated upon.
It was an honour to create this installation piece in such close collaboration with the amazingly talented team listed below.

Inspired by Théodore Géricault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa, this multidimensional performance deeply explores the human survival instinct. NOUS, le RADEAU /WE, the LUST takes the audience on a floating raft navigating the waves of passion – this ambiguous current of desire and madness, loss of control, suffering and joy and euphoria. From a chaotic crescendo to a slow reduction to a burning core, choreographers Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and composer Franck Krawczyk probe the depths of human existence. During this journey, passion is a drifting force in search of more desire, offering hope, hallucination, erotic taboo, and brutality, leaving the body exhausted but open to new utopias.

How can we make our humanity more human? What do we do with our growing impulses? Which paths should we take in this era? Dancers, musicians, and a large choir embrace madness and surf the waves of desire: WE, the LUST. Together, they form the heart of a broad spectrum of dynamic energies. They represent that untamed force within each of us that emerges in those moments where our existence is challenged.

NOUS, le RADEAU | WE, the LUST
Choreography: Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten
Music Composition and Adaptation: Franck Krawczyk

SOLOISTS
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello
Wilhem Latchoumia, piano
Carjez Gerretsen, clarinet
BOUCAN: (photo) Benjamin Munier, bass / Raphaël Aboulker, drum

CHOIRS:
Ensemble Vocal du Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de Pantin
Chœur de la Philharmonie du COGE (Chœur et Orchestre des Grandes Écoles)
Ensemble Vocal du COGE
Chœur A Piacere
Choir leader: Antoine Bretonnière,

Assistant Choreographer and dancer: Victor Callens
Rehearsal Director: Vincent Colomes
Dancers ICK Ensemble: Hiroki Nunogaki, Jordaine Lincoln, Sixtine Biron, Ricardo Vasquez Allen, Payton St.John, Clive Rudd
Dancer ICK Next (Junior Company): Alessio Cavazzana

Lighting and Set Design by Israel del Barco
Technic: Bas van der Gun
Sound Design: Salvador Breed
Costume Design: Clifford Portier
Artistic Research: Francesco Cutillo
Dramaturgy: Florian Hellwig
Directing assistant: Alper Kaya Bayrakli

Ai Development: Jorrit Tamminga, Farzaneh Nouri
Creation Technology: Nathan Marcus
Ai Development location: AHK – IDlab, Amsterdam
Ai Toolbox by Instituto Stocos | PREMIERE EU

Photos: Alwin Polana

Premiere: 6 December 2024 – Philharmonie de Paris

Produced by Philharmonie de Paris
Co-produced by ICK Dans Amsterdam