SHANGHAI PATTERNS Ania Losinger Xala III, Mats Eser Marimba, Percussion

ANIA LOSINGER XALA III MATS ESER MARIMBA, PERCUSSION EXTRACTS FROM THE CDRELEASE CONCERTPERFORMANCE HELD ON JANUARY 212015 AT THE BEEFLAT PROGR IN BERNE Losinger and Eser direct a storm of images which irresistibly attract us. It flows and falters, it sweeps and rolls and yes, it rocks. Shanghai Patterns, generated during a process of conversion and translation of the artists trip to Shanghai, is conceptualized in a seamlessly designed visual dimension. The stage appears to shine in bluegreen Chinese silk and during the performance the lights dim slowly as though glinting through the pall of smog of the megalopolis. The brand new electroacoustic Xala III is the city stage. On this magical sounding board, Ania Losinger tells the tales of the city using six foot high wooden poles, flamenco shoes, a fan and her hands to create sounds, gestures and movements. These are tales of gloss, megalomania, workaholism, a fastpaced lifestyle, hope, poverty and dirt woven together to