A live, multidisciplinary trio performance that blows open ideas of time – part lecture, ambient gig, dance performance, and collective rest.
Proper Time weaves together Crip experience, physics, ecology, and the surprising wisdom of moss. Because moss, improbably, survives within its own small-scale layer of spacetime. There’s no universal time. Each of us lives in our own personal spacetime. The work asks: if we truly understood another person’s experience of time, could we build a bridge to it?
Premier Arnolfini, Bristol September 2027
Available for Touring Autumn 2027 / Spring 2028
To register interest in booking the work email uncharteredcollective@gmail.com
Creation partners Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main, Arnolfini, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Level Centre, Watershed, Pervasive Media Studio, Knowle West Media Centre, and University of the West of England.
Anna, a performer wearing a white face mask speaks into a microphone. Close up of a hole punched metallic strip being twisted in space, lit by an overhead projector, then it's silhouette twisting on the wall. A wide shot of the space: a desk on either side, angle poise lamps, the clutter of a rehearsal space. Close up of Jamie, the musician, speaking. Laura clicks her fingers, directing movement. The light switches on and off rhythmically - catching three performers in different poses. White balloons tumble into shot. Laura and Raquel sit shoulder to shoulder, speak to camera. A blue shape spins on the wall, close up of a hand and pen writing on the projector. Anna speaks to camera, outside. Four people blocking material, rehearsing. Textures in close up - string on a table, hairy string blown up in silhouette on the wall, hands playing the violin. Wide shot: a performer sits on the floor, another sits behind a desk, BSL interpreter on the right. Shadow of a pen on the wall, drawing a diagram: triangles, curved lines. Jamie’s shadow as he plays the violin. Raquel dancing against the wall, small shifts, staccato rhythm.
Full Research & Development team credits:
Raquel Meseguer Zafe - Lead artist, writer & performer
Jamie McCarthy - Collaborator, composer & performer
Anna Starkey - Collaborator, writer & performer
Laura Dannequin - Dramaturg & outside eye
Drew Bachelor - Lead creative technologist
Robin Thorn - Creative technologist
Finn Macneill - Technical support & studio access support
Linzy Na Nakorn - Creative audio description
Rhiannon Colvin - MA placement
Jazz Thompson - Live scribe
Keycreationz - Photography
Nikki Harris - BSL interpreter
Josephine Gyasi - Producer, MAYK
Produced by MAYK. Supported by a Level Centre Residency, and rehearsal space in kind from Bristol Old Vic. Supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts Awards.