StahlWorte / SteelWords
“StahlWorte / SteelWords” is a nine-part performance piece based on poet/eurythmist/visual artist Gail Langstroth’s encounter with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based steel sculptor Dee Briggs and her 72,000 pound work “Can’t You See”. This performance is the result of five months (May – October 2021) of inquiry, research, and observation in Briggs’ studio-warehouse. “SteelWords” communicates Langstroth’s powerful, complex response to Briggs’ massive sculpture and the process by which she conceived and constructed it. Langstroth’s piece premiered October 23, 2021, in The Hague, Netherlands, and was directed by Kaylin Horgan.
poet / performer / eurythmist / visual artist: Gail Langstroth
director: Kaylin Horgan
videographer: Andrés Tapia-Urzua
video editor & animator: Sean Horgan
piano: Klaas Trapman
lighting & tech: Jasper Gather
performance videographer & editor: Jaron Kühmstedt
music: Johann Sebastian Bach, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (BWV 659)
script: Gail Langstroth
line drawings & collage: Gail Langstroth