{"id":11667,"date":"2019-04-17T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=11667"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:12:32","slug":"i-to-be-defined","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/en\/projects\/i-to-be-defined\/","title":{"rendered":"i (to be defined)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benno Steinegger has spent two years interviewing a wide range of people about a common subject: himself. Responses to his request \u201cdescribe me\u201d were as diverse as the relationships he shared with his subjects: from his physician, who spoke about his blood test, to his mother, who went through his biography, to a shaman who based his description of Steinegger on his own spiritual visions. Listening back to those interviews it became clear that this was a journey of discovery of the artist\u2019s own identity: Who am i, who can i be, and how do the viewpoints of external observers differ from the perception i have of myself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The starting point of <em>i (to be defined)<\/em> is the reconstruction of Benno\u2019s identity through the eyes of people who know him. This process led to an investigation of the boundaries of his identity, a refusal to take for granted characteristics which had previously seemed clear and well-defined. By translating this information into physical and vocal exercises, the process attempts to explore the possibility of deep personal transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like Parsifal, who found the Holy Grail only after listening Trevrizent the hermit\u2019s describe him to himself, we can only discover our true identity after having investigated all aspects of it, including those aspects which are most obscure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale-1024x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-to-be-defined-hd-orizzontale.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Direction: Benno Steinegger<br>Dramaturgy: Simona Bonacina<br>Collaboration direction: Luca Camilletti, Colyne Morange<br>Sound design: Riccardo Fazi<br>Collaboration music: Andrea Comandini<br>Vocal training: Francesca della Monica<br>Collaboration costumes &amp; scenery: Francesca Grilli<br>Technique &amp; light: Valeria Foti<br>Graphics: cakesandbunches.net<br>Production: Codice Ivan<br>Production collaborator: Kinkaleri spazioK.prato<br>Co-production: Festival Transart, Vereinigte B\u00fchnen Bozen, wpZimmer<br>Artistic residency: Spazio K (Prato-IT), Festival Aterteater (Val Badia-IT), Vooruit (Gent-BE), Kaaitheater (Bruxelles-BE), Pianofabriek (Bruxelles-BE), Centrale Fies (Dro-IT), wpZimmer (Anversa-BE)<br>With the support of Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, Regione Trentino\/\/Alto Adige, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, WPZimmer, European Cultural Foundation &amp; Step-Travel-Grants<br>Special thanks to Roberta Dapunt and Lois Anvidalfarei, Anna Destefanis, Jessica Glause, Leonardo Mazzi, Satelliti (Andrea Polato &amp; Marco Dalle Luche), and all the people who made an interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11667","projects","type-projects","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>i (to be defined) - wpZimmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.be\/en\/projects\/i-to-be-defined\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"i (to be defined) - wpZimmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benno Steinegger has spent two years interviewing a wide range of people about a common subject: himself. 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