Siavash Namehshiri

Musician and Soundartist

Of Crying Stones(Theater, 80″ – 2021)

Master Theater – Acting Trailer: Of Crying Stones, Zurich University of the Arts

Of Crying Stones

In “Of Crying Stones,” the performers descend into the political dimensions of depression: within the installation-like spatial situation, the eight bodies make themselves and their environment vibrate in order to destigmatize the shame associated with vulnerable existence. Anxiety and lightness collide here, to explore new visions for dealing with perceived emptiness, wounds, and traumas. Through collected practices of care, affection, responsibility, respect, commitment, and trust, a network of relationships is created, forming a temporary but forward-thinking community of both spectators and performers.

texts by Sylvia Plath (“The Bell Jar”), Kader Attia, bell hooks, and project participants,.

In collective constallation, with involvement of actors, Siavash designed a process in this context, a mixture of live and fixmedia used difrent technics and instruments for this piece .

Instruments :

Modular synthesizer, stones, dahol, vocal, self made metalic small instruments .

Of Crying Stones were in ZHdK and Schauspielhaus Zurich shared.

Concept and production: Hannah Drill
Stage and lighting: Ivalina Yapova
Music: Siavash Namehshiri
Performance: Fiona Rae Brunner, Hannah Drill, Svenja Koch, Izabela Orzelowska, Moritz Sauer, Mira Studer
Graphics: Club Gallop
Odor: Michelle Schuhmacher
Mentorship: Monika Gysel
Psychological counseling: Naëmi Huber Concept and production: Hannah Drill
Stage and lighting: Ivalina Yapova
Music: Siavash Namehshiri
Performance: Fiona Rae Brunner, Hannah Drill, Svenja Koch, Izabela Orzelowska, Moritz Sauer, Mira Studer
Graphics: Club Gallop
Odor: Michelle Schuhmacher
Mentorship: Monika Gysel
Psychological counseling: Naëmi Huber