I am a Mountain 

Experienced while hanging and horizontal, Je suis une montagne – I am a Mountain – elicits unexpected sensory emotions that take us well outside the bounds of reality. A few of the questions that come to mind during this journey: am I a mountain, am I still myself, am I traveling to the great beyond? 

Lying on a deck chair, eyes closed, the audience is wrapped in a hanging cocoon between heaven and earth, where they feel the wind, the desert heat, the warm light, and the beckoning dawn. This intense experience of the present redefines one’s relationship with space, the elements, and oneself. 

Blending art, science and technology, Éric Arnal-Burtschy’s immersive projects travel to the four corners of the world and awaken the senses. In this third chapter in a trilogy on humans’ relationship with Nature and the Universe, the artist invites us to approach the question on a new spatiotemporal scale. 

Credits

Concept and writing: Eric Arnal-Burtschy
Sound design consulting: in progress
Scent creation: URCOM, Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry – CNRS, University of Le Havre
Technical direction: Raphaël Noël
Chief electrician: Marc Duchâteau
Technical direction: Raphaël Noël
Programming: Kevin Alf Jaspar and Pascal Demez – DRUW_Audio
Administration and production: Zoé Siemen and Camille Poulain
Distribution and development: Ad Lib, Artist Support

Production and Support

Production: BC Pertendo
Co-producers: DRAC Hauts-de-France | Région Hauts-de-France | Département du Pas-de-Calais | Théâtre de Liège | Le 9-9 bis, Oignies | National Choreographic Center of Grenoble | Le Volcan, National Theater of Le Havre | Festival Chroniques, Marseille | La Croisée, Professional Performing Arts Meetings in Hauts-de-France | Théâtre la Vignette, Montpellier
With the support of: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Partners: De Grote Post, Ostend | workspacebrussels | Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles & La Ménagerie de Verre | Seoul Performing Arts Festival | L’Oiseau Mouche, Roubaix | Le Gymnase, National Choreographic Development Center | Le BAMP, Brussels | La Maison du Théâtre d’Amiens & Le Safran – Scène conventionnée of Amiens Métropole | Boom’Structur, Clermont-Ferrand