Final Master Project – Diane Gemsch

The Anthropic Landscape - Life Beyond the Surface The Anthropic Principle suggests that the universe is shaped by the presence of those who observe it. In this laboratory performance, grief itself becomes a landscape--one that exists only because we move through it. Exploring the corporeal, earthbound aspects of human existence, this work asks how we are shaped by the world and the traces we leave behind. Rooted in a personal journey of death, breathing, and becoming, The Anthropic Landscape navigates the threshold between life and what comes after, absence and presence, and how memory reshapes what we call home. Performances: 3 & 4 April 2025 20h Venue: ZHDK Toni Areal 3.C06 InszenatorikRaum CREDITS Project conceived by Diane Gemsch Co-directed by Tomer Zirkilevich Assisted by Victor Mendes Performed by Neil Höhener, Mara Natterer, Diane Gemsch Music by Emmanuel Michaud & Linda Vogel Live-light creation Simon Schwarz Light concept Ivalina Yapova Tie - dress creation Gisela Lim Supported by the artistry of Hans-Jakob Mühletahler, Haim Abergel, Lea Bühler, Leonora Christina Gaitanou Photos by Jürg Lauber dedicated to Reto Gemsch