ZANGEZI

ZANGEZI is a 1922 Cubo-Futurist poem-play by Velimir Khlebnikov, centred on a prophet who speaks in ZAUM—“beyondsense”—as well as the languages of birds, gods, stars, and poetry.

The Immersive Arts Space explores ZANGEZI as it questions the essence of language—beyond syntax, rules, and probabilities. Is language more than meaning? Is it a universal, cosmic act of sound?

Khlebnikov believed humanity lost the primal link between sound and meaning, leaving future generations to rediscover it. A century later, we ask: How does ZANGEZI resonate in a world where machines generate language—without a speaker, body, or voice?
2023
In collaboration with Chris Salter, Corinne Solander, Eric Larrieux, Norbert Kottmann, Valentin Karl Huber, Martin Fröhlich
Immersive Arts Space





Multimedia Stage Play, Theatrical Performance, AI-Generated Visuals, Digital Humans, Mocap