Magic Valley, Obliterations Pattern research, While House | Photographies by Sarah Marguier and excpert from While House trailer
The Instrument
I have worked with Maya Matilda Carroll and Roy Carroll, co-founder of The Instrument, since 2011 when I met Maya for the first time in Berlin. I knew that this meeting had changed something deeply in me and in the course of my life. I have had the immense chance and joy to be a member and resident designer of their company from 2011 until 2013 in Berlin, Germany before moving to the Pacific Northwest. I collaborated with them as a costume, set, visual and/or light designer on Magic Valley (2011), The Needle (2011), Dreadnought (2013), Snake (2014), and While House (2014) and looking forward to further artistic endeavors together.
The Needle, Magic Valley, Dreadnought | Photographies by Patrick, Sarah Marguier, Poster image for Dreadnought and excpert from Dreadnought
The Instrument makes performances emerging from the collaborative work of choreographer Maya M. Carroll and composer Roy Carroll. They create work that is unflinchingly sensual, characterised by an almost molecular tactility encountering fantastic viscerality. The Instrument works in close collaboration with a diverse circle of artists, taking an integrated approach that radiates outwards from a clear movement and sound aesthetic, permeating all aspects of the work, scenography, lighting design, graphic and visual art.
Maya and Roy have been working together since 2006, creating over 30 works for the stage. They formed The Instrument in 2011. They are Berlin based while devising and presenting work internationally.
