«SCHAUFENSTER» («SHOP WINDOW») is a transformable instrument – a resonating glass cube developed in 2021 by Dimitri de Perrot, Li Tavor and Studio DdP. Here, it's the site of a sound piece for three performers in which the kollektiv iиterиatioиal totem will attempt to conduct group therapy. To this end, «SCHAUFENSTER» is transformed into a skull ceiling under which haunting voices, noises and thoughts try to understand each other. Various sessions will explore the approach of radical honesty, the illusion of care and the musical substance of thought. Language becomes sound, sounds become thoughts – until everyone has forgotten who is actually trea- ting whom.
ABOUT «SCHAUFENSTER #3: THE LISTENING PROTOCOL» kollektiv iиterиatioиal totem was invited to develop a new work for the sonic architecture «SCHAUFENSTER» and its eponymous project series by Dimitri de Perrot / Studio DdP.
«SCHAUFENSTER #3: The Listening Protocol» is a sound-based performance for three performers inside an multi-channel transducer system — or, more simply, three people trying to have group therapy sessions.
«The Listening Protocol» transforms the «SCHAUFENSTER» structure into a speculative head: a resonant skull in which voice, machine noise, and subconscious thought attempt to understand each other. Through controlled vibrations, text fragments, and neural sound modulations, the performers enact an unlicensed therapy of listening to their own minds. Structured in different sessions — the piece explores the practice of radical honesty, the fiction of care, and the sonic materiality of thinking.
The audience encounters the box as an interface — a surface through which thoughts, impulses, and unconscious leaks become faintly audible. Whilst the audience perceive the full score — the performers get only traces and tremors of their minds that remain out of reach. Speech becomes frequency, frequency becomes a kind of thought, and somewhere between them, one forgets who was supposed to be the therapist.
SCHAUFENSTER is a transformable instrument — a sounding architecture used and reinterpreted by artists from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds. Initiated in 2021 by Dimitri de Perrot and Studio DdP, the project is carried forward as an ongoing series in the greater Zurich area.
SCHAUFENSTER #1 – Li Tavor & Dimitri de Perrot (2021)
SCHAUFENSTER #2 – Domi Chansorn (2023)
SCHAUFENSTER #3 – Kollektiv iиterиatioиal totem (2026)
SCHAUFENSTER #3
Artistic direction: kollektiv iиterиatioиal totem
Stage: Lea Meierhofer, Leo Hoffmann
Management & touring: Studio DdP
Project Series SCHAUFENSTER
Idea & artistic direction: Dimitri de Perrot
Idea and object development SCHAUFENSTER: Dimitri de Perrot, Li Tavor
Construction: Leo Hoffmann
Audio: Nicolas Buzzi
Light: Tina Bleuler, Patrik Rimann
Communication & think tank: Christoph Elias Meier
Technical direction: Raphaël Vuilleumier
Production & tour management: Studio DdP
Production: Studio DdP
Co-production: Gessnerallee Zürich
Partner festival: About Us! Zürich Interkulturell
Supported by: Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Stiftung Corymbo, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Migros-Kulturprozent TICKETS 15 / 20 / 10 – Legi 5 CHF DAYPASS 70 / 85 / 55 -Legi 30 CHF
INFORMATION & ACCESSIBILITY Limited wheelchair access (toilet outside)
COPRODUCTION Studio DdP, Gessnerallee Zürich; partner festival: About Us! Zürich Interkulturell; with support of: Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Stiftung Corymbo, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Migros-Kulturprozent | 