Having debuted in the 2024/25 season, *Surviving You, Always* by Simon Waldvogel returns to the stage. The production is the result of an artistic research project by the Treppenwitz Collective —one of the most innovative groups on the independent scene in Ticino—and conceived as an immersion into the emotional realm of grief. A multidisciplinary exploration that weaves together the visual nostalgia of images from the past with the energy of live music and the power of performance.
Surviving You, Always
Treppenwitz Collective / Simon Waldvogel
© Luna Macelloni, Valerio Salvatore, Francesco Scaramuzzi
Right of First Refusal
1 hour 10 minutes
!
LAC+ members have first refusal starting December 1.
Sales open to the general public starting December 8.
Strobe lights and a smoke machine will be used.
The volume may be loud; earplugs are available.
Surviving You, Always
Treppenwitz Collective / Simon Waldvogel
© Luna Macelloni, Valerio Salvatore, Francesco Scaramuzzi
Right of First Refusal
1 hour 10 minutes
!
LAC+ members have first refusal starting December 1.
Sales open to the general public starting December 8.
Strobe lights and a smoke machine will be used.
The volume may be loud; earplugs are available.
*Surviving You, Always* is a hybrid performance that combines a live set, a visual installation, and poetry. It began as an exploration of the theme of loss, but also of memory and remembrance of the people with whom we have spent part of our lives and who are no longer with us. The bodies on stage become the canvas upon which to paint the emotional landscape of grief. The use of artistic techniques such as collage, layering, and multiplication helps create a visual space that represents the complexity of this emotion. Original musical compositions and live performances shape the soundscapes to reflect the emotional flow of the projected images, uniting past and present. The audience is immersed in a realm that traverses the various thresholds that mark the lives of those left behind: the survivors. The performance thus becomes an opportunity to participate in a process of processing and sharing, with the aim of transforming grief into a collective experience.
By projecting memories onto the stage, *Surviving you, always* seeks to weave a narrative that celebrates the past, honors the present, and offers a moment of reconciliation with the future.
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Concept and Implementation
Simon Waldvogel
with
Giacomo Toccaceli, Francesca Sproccati, Simon Waldvogel
Visual and Spatial Design
Daniele Spanò
costumes
Francesca M. De Giorgio
lighting design
Savino Caruso
musical composition and live music
Magda Drozd
collaboration on the play's script
Ilaria Boffa
outer eye
Carla Valente
assistant directors
Camilla Parini, Giacomo Toccaceli
production
Treppenwitz Collective, LAC Lugano Art and Culture
in co-production with
Südpol Lucerne
in collaboration with
Le Grütli – Center for the Production and Presentation of the Performing Arts, Geneva; Kaserne Basel
with the support of
DECS Republic and Canton of Ticino – Swisslos Fund, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Cultural Foundation, City of Lugano, Events and Conferences Division, SIS - Swiss Performers' Foundation, Ernst Göhner Foundation
artist residencies
LAC Lugano Art and Culture, Kaserne Basel, Südpol Kriens