Playground

This remake presents the story of five sisters, who busy themselves with the problems and pleasures of modern life, such as wardrobe, health, exotic holidays, work and painting. The California sun provokes their reactions, emotions and moods. Five Sisters is arguably de Cointet’s most resolved and mature play, in which his former attention for objects made a shift towards dance and mime. From the late 1960s until his untimely death in 1983, Frenchborn artist Guy de Cointet was an influential member of the Los Angeles art scene. De Cointet’s performances are surreal sceneries in which ordinary, daily events are linked to specific objects, colours and letters – often in a lucid way.

Performance in English