Spiritus Lwa is a transdisciplinary art project that explores the influence of the digital on the performing and performing arts.

The project experiments with electronically generated multidimensional images and sounds. These interact with real spaces and people who refer to them performatively. Tonal, visual and semantic sequences, superimpositions, reflections and interferences are the subject of interest.

It is also about the potential of staging parallel nonlinear narrative structures and about the possibilities of interweaving scenographies - i.e. their coupling over large distances.

The impetus for the Spiritus Lwa project was the sound and augmented reality installation of Spiritus Huber on the museum ship Oskar Huber (as part of the 27th Duisburg Akzente).

The conceptual and media artist Wolfram Lakaszus, the university lecturer for media informatics Ido Iurgel, the theatre and performance artist Adriana Kocijan and the musician and radio play producer Wolfgang van Ackeren are the core of the project team, which is supported in practice by other artists, but also by students of digital media and media and communication informatics.

The ensemble always referred to the location of its hosts. Wherever possible, colleagues on site were involved in the production and, in some cases, in the performance

Spiritus Lwa and the Track Ghosts of the Kunsthallen

The premiere of "Codex Atlanticus" took place on June 29, 2018, at the Theatersaal der Gebläsehalle in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord. Max Bilitza was responsible for the text, choreography, direction, and stage design.

The dance performances were executed by Bashar al Murabea, Phaedra Pisimisi, and Camila Scholtbach.

The musical composition featured Rafael Sars, Veith Kloeters, Stephan Möller, and Johannes Wippermann.

Doaa Darwish contributed to the video art and motion capture, while the Media Computing Group, led by Prof. Ido Iurgel, handled digital media aspects.

Dirk Gelbrich managed the lighting design, and Max Bilitza oversaw the project as its director.

The collaboration was with Hochschule Rheinwaal's Digital Media program, led by Prof. Ido Iurgel, as a commissioned work for Extraschicht 2018, on behalf of Duisburg Kontor Hallenmanagement GmbH.

CREDITS

Performers: Bashar al Murabea, Phaedra Pisimisi, and Camila Scholtbach.

Music: Rafael Sars, Veith Kloeters, Stephan Möller, and Johannes Wippermann.

Mocap / Visual Programming/ Visual Coordination: Doaa Darwish

Media Computing Group, led by Prof. Ido Iurgel

Light Design: Dirk Gelbrich

Art Direction: Max Bilitza

The collaboration was with Hochschule Rheinwaal's Digital Media program, led by Prof. Ido Iurgel, as a commissioned work for Extraschicht 2018, on behalf of Duisburg Kontor Hallenmanagement GmbH.

CREDITS