TRIPTYCH

PLYFA
Building 7C

October 28 & November 1, 2026 

TRIPTYCH

TRIPTYCH is a work of persistence, endurance and fragility. Through a rigorous engagement with movement, amplification, processing, noise, drones, and feedback, TRIPTYCH stretches time and shifts perception. The performance unfolds through three tableaux: murmuration, cruising, and otolith.

murmuration is an immersive duet between a dancer and a sound artist. The dancer's repetitive movements are captured, amplified, processed, and diffused directly to the audience through headphones. Each listener is offered the experience of the intricate interplay between movement and sound from the microphone's perspective.

cruising builds upon this dialogue with a focus on the lower body, flirting with rhythm and subtle variation. The dancer's percussive footwork-drawing on tap and traditional Irish dancing-is captured and built into intricate textures. The focused, minimal tasks generate a hypnotic, evolving architecture of sound, where time stretches and folds upon itself.

otolith concludes with a purely sonic tableau, performed on bagpipes and feedback double bass. The shifting sonic environment of sustained drones and low-frequency interactions unfolds over time, in an interplay of magnitude, distance and variation.

Across its three tableaux, TRIPTYCH draws inspiration from natural systems: bird flocks, insect swarms, ocean waves and the fragile negotiations between repetition and variation. The work reflects on singularity within systems, on the minuteness of human actions and their interconnectedness. By exploring persistence, the performers undergo a shift in perception: motion, sound, and vibration open from the quotidian toward the transcendent.