Amos Peled – The Machine Sleeps Tonight

The Machine Sleeps Tonight is an extension of Amos Peled‘s ongoing appropriation of modern medical technologies and their use as performative instruments, casting critical perspectives on our shifting definition of health.

As for now, no one is present in the room; neither doctor nor patient. Only an anaesthesia machine, takes a deep breath, releasing air from its mechanical lungs, breathing at a steady calm pace.  A big shadow is cast upon the room – an inflated balloon, breathing in sync with the machine’s ventilator, winking at its saviour with its single eye.

Following the traditions of art in the medical environment, Peled is searching for methods that not only lean on escapist encounters but also seek to voice dark humor, doubt, and suffering.

Concept & performance Amos Peled
dramaturgy Ariel Sereni Brown
light and sound design Yoel Peled
customs Jojo Knowles
scenography and technical production Maarten Keus, Amos Peled

The people at het Nationale Theater have kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation before 28 March by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘Machine Sleeps’ in the subject line + your name in the email.
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