Chlorophyll

Jabberwocky, 2004

Dschungel Wien, Vienna’s Theatre for young audience, Austria
11–23 Jan 2005

Mathias Gmachl and Rachel Wingfield created the woven architecture 'Chlorophyll' for the installation Jabberwocky based on structures seen in nature from bubbles to plant cells. The public were able to climb on it, push it, squash it or simply relax inside.

'Jabberwocky is a video/sound/room installation based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. The installation is designed for young adults and adults that are young at heart. The public is free to move between the different spaces with no particular order; the journey should be an individual one. It is a collaboration between several artists coming from different disciplines (theatre, music, video, visual art, media). Some parts are a co-creation between several artist and some an individual take.

concept: Yosi Wanunu, Mathias Gmachl and Michael Strohmann

• http://toxicdreams.at/
• Jabberwocky documentation

(Chlorophyll is the molecule that absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from CO2 and water. This process is known as photosynthesis and is the basis for sustaining the life processes of all plants. Since animals and humans obtain their food supply by eating plants, photosynthesis can be said to be the source of our life also.)

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