MEMENTO

Every night is different. Memento is a physical, poetic journey performed by three actors.

Memento is a collaborative project between Taavet Jansen and Tambet Tuisk to explore ways of creating a theatrical performance where part of the audience is physically present and part is online. In this performance Tambet developed an improvisation method based on the concept of being in a flow - with this method the actors were able to improvise entire performances based on their own past, present and dreams. The performance took place with drama students from the UT Viljandi Cultural Academy.

The performances were interactive - online viewers could collectively decide how they wanted the performance to continue - they could not decide on the actors, but on the environment of the performance through sound and light changes. The performances took place on 02.2023 both on site in Viljandi (Estonia) and online.

The next performances will take place on February 2025 in Viljandi and on elektron.art.

Authors: Tambet Tuisk, Taavet Jansen

• Performers: UT VCA acting students

• Camera: Jürgen Volmer

• Programming, tech: Taavet Jansen, Tom Tristan Kidron

• Research consultant: Aleksander Väljamäe

• Producer: eˉlektron

• Co-producer: TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy

• Support: Estonian Academy of Arts, Ministry of Culture. The project has been financed by the Ministry of Culture's measure of creative research in cultural and creative fields