Pharmaceuticals: a performance installation
Commissioned by the National arts Council of Seychelles, this piece was exhibited as a video installation at the Seychelles Biennale 2022.
Created & Co-produced by Mona Camille & Olivier Vandenhende
Director Olivier Van Den Hende
Designer Mona Camille
Performer / co-creator Vyte Garriga
Performer / co-creator Jo Moss
Film & edit Studio Goodluck Production
Music Dvorak cello concerto in b minor op. 104
By Jacqueline Dupré, Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Supported by
National Arts Council of Seychelles
AA Interprofessional Studio London
RADA Studios London
Centre 151 London
And a special thanks to all who have supported and donated to the project
Chinese Cultural Centre, Mahe
for the Seychelles Biennale
2022
︎︎︎ private viewing link
for full video
available on request
for the Seychelles Biennale
2022
︎︎︎ private viewing link
for full video
available on request
Pharmaceuticals takes us into the daily lives of two pharmacists. Through the allegro of Dvořák’s cello concerto in b minor op. 104, everyday scenarios turn into extraordinary events. Filled into recuperated jars - flora, white sand and dark waters find their place next to more common pharmaceutical objects on the ‘pharmacy shelf’. As we witness the music taking the protagonists through a timeless journey - the piece invites us to reflect on (dis)connection and the place of remedies in our pandemic era.
The project is a development of the two lead artists’ research on performance with classical music and around the theme of daily activities and object theatre.
The project is a development of the two lead artists’ research on performance with classical music and around the theme of daily activities and object theatre.