SUPERORGANISM

For approximately 4.6 billion years, nature’s evolutionary processes have sculpted organisms to exist in harmony with their environment—energy-efficient, resource-conscious, and inherently sustainable. When these organisms unite, they can form a superorganism, a collective entity with emergent properties and intricate structures that transcend the sum of its parts.

Inspired by this phenomenon, the juggling collective Critical-Mess presents "Superorganism", a mesmerizing exploration of interconnectedness. Seven human organisms move in perfect synchrony, their juggling weaving a visual language of transformation. Accompanied by an immersive electronic soundscape, they spiral into a hypnotic, trance-like odyssey—where evolution, collaboration, and rhythm converge in a breathtaking symbiosis.

General information

60 min | non verbal | 6+

Director: Stefan Sing Co-Director: Howard Katz Performers: Kate Boschetti, Tobias Piero Dohm, Noah Schiltknecht, Liam Wilson, Mitja Ley, Viola Dix, Stefan Sing Music: Fabian Laute Light-Design: Citronella Antholz Costume-Design: Marie Stremmel

Team

FUNDED by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR. CO-PRODUCED by Tollhaus Karlsruhe SUPPORTED by Katakomben Collective, Katapult, Theaterhaus Berlin

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