A performer under clear foil, lit from above in a dark room. Still from CHALLENGER DEEP.
CHALLENGER DEEP, 2024

HADALZONE

HADALZONE is a performance and research collective, inspired by the deep sea.

We are developing a hydrological dramaturgy: a theatrical practice that plays with instability, transformation and the unknowable.

What we made

  1. A face looks out above a shell-shaped lampshade lit from within, surrounded by red and silver foil in the dark.CHALLENGER DEEP2024The start of a multi-year inquiry into the layers of the ocean as a dramaturgical principle.
  2. A performer in a bright red wig and gold jacket holds a microphone, next to a performer wearing green rabbit ears.VANITAS2019On the search for validation and the urge to live the perfect picture.
  3. A black box theatre with a projection on the back wall and a performer lying stretched out on the white floor.PYTHON2019Two actors, built on the dramaturgy of training an AI model.

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Where the name comes from

The hadal zone is the deepest and least explored part of the ocean: a world of darkness, extreme pressure and amorphous life forms. For us that zone is a metaphor and a way of looking. A space where ordinary perception falters.

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Further down

At the bottom we are working on something new.

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