- Installation
- NL premiere
INTO THE DIRT
In the middle of the busy railway station, we’ve created a temporary oasis. Step inside for as long as you like. Slow down, maybe even take off your shoes. Sit or lie down for a moment, and listen to the ground. Hear what, in our hurried rush, only our shoes usually notice anymore.
INTO THE DIRT is a sounding floor—a place to listen, sit, or even lie down. Set in the heart of the city, it invites you to tune into the sounds around you, beneath your feet, and within the ground. By focusing on what happens at ground level, you’ll hear the city in a whole new way. It’s an invitation to be fully present, sharpening your senses by tuning into your immediate surroundings.
INTO THE DIRT lets you hear what your shoes usually catch for you. It’s a pause in the daily rush—a small moment for a fresh perspective. What if we, as humans, aren’t the centre of attention, but part of something much bigger?
With the kind support of Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council
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Dimitri de Perrot
Credits
Idea, music, sound design, stage design and artistic direction: Dimitri de Perrot
Sound design – mix and technical realisation: Max Molling
Stage design – planning and construction: Leo Hoffmann
Stage design – colours: Franziska Born
Communication & Think Tank: Christoph Meier
Co-Production: Festival Archipel Genève, Verein Studio DdP
This work is part of a broader research episode for the theatre project UNTER UNS on the subject of soil, which will premiered on 7 November 2024 at the Gessnerallee Zurich and in the realisation of which the following persons, institutions and funding bodies where involved:
Research and collaboration: Tina Bleuler, Jessica Huber, Anna Papst, Patrik Rimann, Julian Sartorius.
Co-production: Gessnerallee Zurich, Verein Studio DdP.
Partner theatres: Le Centquatre Paris, Broek Festival/NoNa – Mechelen, Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
Supported: Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Stiftung Corymbo, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, Else v. Sick Stiftung.
Thanks to: Dampfzentrale Bern, Lydia Kluge, Urs Meier/Luft & Laune, Peter Sauter/Nullachtsechzehn, Schroeder fire balloons, ZAZ Bellerive – Zentrum Architektur Zürich.
The city of Zürich and Kanton Zürich support the projects by Dimitri de Perrot/Studio DdP with multi-year grants. The new support period will run until the end of 2027 (concept grant / multi-year group grant 2024-2027).
Dimitri de Perrot is «Artist in Residence» at Le Centquatre – Paris and «house artist» at the Gessnerallee Zürich.
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