Ready Set Sail!

Superbien Greenhouse for Contemporary Art

September 2007, Berlin, Germany

55 minutes

Conceived and directed by Trong Gia Nguyen, Ready Set Sail! was an experimental, mixed-media performance that took place in Berlin at the Superbien Greenhouse for Contemporary Art, in collaboration with Dance Gang (Kennis Hawkins and Will Rawls), and musician Jeremy Linzee. Channeling the author Alain de Botton (The Art of Travel) and explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, Hannibal, and Ulysses, Ready Set Sail incorporated dance, theater and music to investigate the phenomena of locomotion and discovery. The audience were routed in and out of the greenhouse space, located in the large courtyard of an industrial building in the city center. The repurposed greenhouse was installed with 1-way mirror drapes that navigated the viewer experience of the performance.

***NOTE that this is the only existing video documentation of the performance, unfortunately. ​​

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