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http://www.schwelle.org/ Schwelle is a media performance work in two acts by Chris Salter in collaboration with Michael Schumacher. The two part, evening length project uses a combination of High Definition image and multi-channel sound, dance theater and cutting edge sensing technologies to examine the threshold states one experiences at the edge of trance, sleep and death. chwelle is a collaboration between artists and researchers from cultural and scientific institutions in Canada, Germany, Holland, China, and the USA. Concept/Direction: Chris Salter Part I Premiere: Elektra Festival, Montreal, QC, Mai 2006 Concept/Direction/HD Video/Sound: Chris Salter Collaboration Sound: Daniel Moody-Grigsby and Philip Viel Part II Premiere: Tesla/Transmediale 2007, Berlin, February 2007 Concept/Direction: Chris Salter, in collaboration with Michael Schumacher Dramaturgy: Heidi Gilpin Lighting Design: Lea Xiao Lighting Interaction Design: Harry Smoak Sound Design and Programming: Marije Baalman, Daniel Moody- Grigsby, Chris Salter, Philip Viel Interaction Design/Sensing Systems: Marije Baalman Objects: Thomas Spier, Flora Luna Production Stage Manager/Technical Director: Harry Smoak Production Assistants: Daniel Wessolek, Alexander Wilson, Brett Bergmann