Set design Archives - Gaëtan Rusquet

Meg Stuart & Francisco Camacho

Steal you for a moment

performance — Set design — 2025

Reality is pure geometry and mathematics. This is a mental landscape, a scan, a desert, a multiverse of potential worlds and territories.

Three colored grids are corresponding to three viewpoints and forms fake perspectives, the scale of the objects and performers is slightly distorted. The elements manifested are the cristalllisation of energy into matter. They sometimes are fitting other dimensions, other plans of reality. Wood pieces are fragments of geometrical shapes, some are molds for sand and salt forms: parallelepipede, pyramides, cones, Vortex, complex cristals. Sometimes, those wood pieces are forming a monochrome territory. In this virtual space, those volumes are giving a shape and a body to the impermanence. They are the elements of incarnation with the performers, They are fragile, submitted to the passing of time, the decay. They are creations, destructions, possessions, craft and labour result. A few dried plants litter the ground and are fixed to the wall: bougainvillea, bittersweet nightshade, common reed.

As a performer, I move objects, reveal, transform and recreate.

The artistic collaboration between Francisco Camacho and Meg Stuart traces back to Stuart’s early works, notably Disfigure Study (1991). Their deep personal connection has grown through various projects, such as Stuart’s acclaimed solo piece BLESSED, which Camacho has performed since 2007. Now, for the first time in three decades, they reunite on stage for a duet, drawing inspiration from the mysterious Nuragic ruins of Sardinia

CREDITS
Choregraphy Francisco Camacho, Meg Stuart Performance Francisco Camacho, Meg Stuart, Gaëtan Rusquet Scenography Gaëtan Rusquet Sound design Vincent Malstaf Light design and technical direction Frank Laubenheimer Artistic assistance Márcio Kerber Canabarro Technical assistance Tom De Langhe Executive producer Soraia Gonçalves Outside Eye Sigal Zouk

DATES
03.2024 FuoriMargine, Cagliari, Sardinia(IT)
08.2024 Tanz im August, Berlin(DE)
03.2025 Theatro Rivoli, Porto(PT)
04.2025 Theatro Circo, Braga(PT)
05.2025 Faro(PT)
07.2025 Impulstanz, Vienna(AU)
10.2025 Kaaitheater, Brussels(BE)

VIDÉO
https://vimeo.com/963124594

Judith Deschamps

An·other Voice

Set design — 2023

The exhibition an·other voice is the result of a long research project that the French artist Judith Deschamps carried out with the Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (Ircam) in Paris in collaboration with the researchers Frederik Bous and Axel Roebel, singers of different ages and tessituras and the composer António Sá-Dantas. Together they sought to reinvent, by means of deep neural networks, an 18th century aria that the Italian castrato Farinelli used to sing every night to the King of Spain to soothe his melancholy.

Inspired by the myths surrounding the singer's voice, the fantasies conjured up by childhood in the context of castration as well as by artificial intelligence when it comes to coping with human finitude, the exhibition brings together sound, video and sculptural materials, paving the way for an entanglement of new sounds and narratives.

The scenography of the exhibition proposed at Casino Luxembourg focus on the physical experience of the visitor, through walking, touching, and listening. An assymetrical and theatrical curtain made by Stefan Kartchev welcomes the visitors. A ramp alter the horizontality of the floor offering a unique and unsteady spot where to listen to Farinelli's Voice. A sculptural seating in foam - made of an enlarged fragment from the object created by Judith - becomes an invitation to find a place and a position to watch the movie, by seating, laying down, relax.

CREDITS
Conception Judith Deschamps Scenography Gaëtan Rusquet Curtains Stefan Kartchev Computer structure & programming Paul Jacques Yves Guibert Composition António Sá-Dantas

SHOWS
18.02.2023 — 16.04.2023 Casino Luxembourg (LU)
09.10.2023 — 30.09.2023 C-Lab, Taipei (TW)

Léa Drouet

Boundary Games

Set design — 2018

Boundary Games by Léa Drouet is a piece for 6 performers. Like a social laboratory, the piece tests the processes of creation and dissolution of groups. Infinite (re)arrangements of bodies, sounds and scenographic elements define new social rules as so many alternatives to the sole principles of inclusion and exclusion.

The scenography proposed in an asymmetrical bifrontal stage evokes a sports field, a role-playing game board or a topographical division. A framing on the ground of 1mx1m squares reveals, depending on the variations of light, continuous or fragmented surfaces. Felt blankets, which are tools for protection, packaging or sound absorption, are manipulated by the performers and create moving surfaces, volumes, landscapes and territories.

CREDITS
A project from Léa Drouet / with Frédéric Bernier, Madeleine Fournier, Catherine Hershey, Simon Loiseau, Marion Menan et Bastien Mignot / Set design & costumes Gaëtan Rusquet / Sound Yann Leguay / Dramaturgy Camille Louis / Stage assistant Laurie Bellanca / Light design Grégory Rivoux / hypnosis Training Marie Lisel / Delegated production France Morin – AMA Brussels
Production Vaisseau / Coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Nanterre-Amandiers – Centre dramatique national, Charleroi danse – Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Coop asbl / Support Kunstencentrum Buda, La Bellone House of Performing Arts, Montévidéo centre d’art, Actoral- festival international des arts et des écritures contemporaines et bureau d’accompagnement, de la Fédération Wallonie, Service du Théâtre, de Shelterprod, Taxshelter.be, ING et du Tax-Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge

SHOWS
22.03.2018 > 26.03.2018 - Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre des Tanneurs, Brussels (BE)
20.09.2018 > 23.09.2018 - Mondes Possibles, CDN Nanterre-Amandiers, Paris (FR)
09.10.2018 > 10.10.2018 - Actoral Festival, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille (FR)
21.03.2019 - Performatik Festival, Kaaitheater + Kanal Pompidou, Brussels (BE)

Mathias Varenne

Hurler sous la lune

Set design — 2019

Following his research on the poetry of the beat generation and the work of Allen Ginsberg, Brussels artist Mathias Varenne created Hurler sous la lune. He is fascinated by the importance of orality and narrative, allowing us to share a multiplicity of stories and stories. Influenced by science fiction practices, Varenne offers with this project a new form of narration, by combining text, video, light and sound.

Gaëtan Rusquet proposed a scenography as an invitation to settle down and rest. He is sensitive to the way we listen and look. By proposing devices where the body of the public is engaged differently than in a classic theatrical device. He seeks to transform the perceptual phenomenon.

These are the states close to sleep, hypnotic which are invoked. Spectators are invited to negotiate their place with other bodies/spectators. A tier evolve towards the stage in a giant bed and extend over the side walls. This is made of mattresses and bolsters as a sort of showcase for the work developed by the three performers. The sound and music carried by Myriam Pruvost placed high up. Light/video by Damien Petitot placed on the ground. And the narration carried by Mathias Varenne, standing towards the back wall dressed by the video work of Damien Petitot. These cushions are covered in black fabrics with tydie-style spots, evoking stars and constellations with a technique dated from alternative hippie/beatnik culture.

CREDITS
Author, director, performer Mathias Varenne Video and light creator, performer Damien Petitot Sound creation, vocal coach, performer Myriam Pruvot Scenography Gaëtan Rusquet Scenography intern Louise Vandervorst Director assistance Sophie Maillard Technical director Xavier Meeus Assistant video & light creation Adrien Monfleur Artistic accompaniment L’L Surtitling Babel Subtitling Presentation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, L’L Production Mothership asbl Production and diffusion: France Morin/Arts Management Agency Executive production Kunstenfestivaldesarts Coproduction Coop asbl, Festival Actoral (Marseille) / L’L foundation Support Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles-Service du Théâtre, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government Funding and research, L’L / Structure expérimentale de recherche en arts vivants (2013-2018) Thanks to Lucille Calmel, Stéphane Gladyszewski, Christophe Haleb, Iannis Heaulme, Olivier Hespel

SHOWS
05.2019 - Kustenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre de l'L, Brussels(BE)

Lucille Calmel

Auborddugouffre

performance — Set design — 2011

“Lucille Calmel is known for her double plays, her double commas and her back and forth between the Internet and performance. With auborddugouffre, based on the book Close to the knives by Wojnarowicz, Lucille Calmel returns to the printed text. Return to directing too (with Matthias Beyler watching attentively) after an American journey in the footsteps of the New York writer. Return to the theater, therefore, this time at a distance from the flow, but not from the wifi and the code, raw material of Philippe Boisnard, associated with the project with Thierry Coduys for interactivity, Jean-François Blanquet for sound and Gaëtan Rusquet for scenography . In the room, Lucille Calmel writes – co-written in the role of Wojnarowicz – while on set, three actors/performers take over her world. » Simona Polvani

The scenography proposed by Gaëtan Rusquet is a fragmented space, quadrifrontal, using the raw location. The brick walls, tarpaulins and scaffolding protection nets, and the concrete floor serve as a projection surface for videos broadcasting archives, text material and monochrome surfaces. Flashing fluorescent tubes evoke and fantasize industrial spaces, gay cruising spots in New York in the 80s. The lights, accessories and space are manipulated on sight.

Drawing of a house on fire with red posca on a back / video tracking shot of a toy car on a body-landscape / blue cowboy masturbating / cluster of portable lamps / worker gesture, erotic / sorbets in the shape of the letters D.A.V.I.D. / milk flowing from the mouth / Electric buzz from a fluorescent tube / chicken fisted and burst, amplified sound, piezo contact microphone / etc…

CREDITS
Director Lucille Calmel Distribution Sébastien Lenthéric, Mathias Varenne Artistic collaboration Mathias Beyler Sound design Jean-François Blanquet Scenography & performance Gaëtan Rusquet scenography/stage Assistant Octavie Piéron Interactivity advisor Thierry Coduys Coding Philippe Boisnard Dramaturgy assistant Judith Ribardière Graphic design Axelle Carruzzo Photos Sébastien Devaux Production & diffusion Sylvia Botella A creation by when i’m good i’m very good but when i’m bad i’m better co-produced by le Théâtre Les Tanneurs Production France U-StructureNouvelle with the help for the creation from the Conseil de l’Aide aux Projets Théâtraux / Service général des Arts de la scène et à la production de la Commission des arts numériques, Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique With the support from Agence Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre/Danse, La Bellone, Maison du Spectacle dans le cadre du Cycle des Monstrations, manège.mons/CECN, Centre des Arts Scéniques, Centre National des Écritures du Spectacle – La Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, Montévidéo – créations contemporaines, théâtre, musique, écriture et Smartbe Programm winner from CulturesFrance Hors les Murs 2010 in the U.S.A. Thanks to Cindy Carr, Sylvere Lotringer, Tom Rauffenbart, Marion Scemama, Laurence Viallet, la Fales Library et PPOW Gallery à New York.

SHOWS
15.03.11 > 19.03.11 - les Tanneurs Theater, Brussels (BE)

PRESS
https://writingmachines.org/auborddugouffre-lucille-calmel/
https://www.theatre-contemporain.net/spectacles/Auborddugouffre/?path=spectacles/Auborddugouffre