a project by Jaskaran Singh / trivium

A 6-hours immersive journey on meetings of plasticity-ecology-psychology.

Structured dreaming curated with rave, theatrical, and performative base-elements, this multi-layered experience blends dance, sound, visuals and audience participation. Let's create transforming spaces of organic dialogue between art, audience, and urgency through playful and profound practices.

Curator: Jaskaran Singh

Artists: Jaskaran Singh/Harmonical Self, Michael Naphegyi, Sara Koniarek, Sabrina Rosina Bühn, Kilian Jörg

Costume: Afra Sönmez, Jaskaran Singh and team

Production: trivium and Nina Vobruba

curatorial statement

I find myself returning to a question that haunts contemporary art-making: How do we create together without consuming each other? Hibernating Further Extended emerges from my growing discomfort with traditional theatrical hierarchies, where audiences consume Hibernating Further Extended emerges from my growing discomfort with traditional theatrical hierarchies, where audiences consume performances like plastic products - taking, leaving, forgetting. This work proposes something more intimate and risky: a space where we might discover what we're capable of creating together. My curatorial approach draws from personal experiences of ecological grief and digital sites of individual expression. Working with the team, we aim to develop what I call "structured dreaming" - creating conditions where something unexpected can emerge between us without abandoning artistic and research rigor. The plasticity we explore isn't just about the environmental crisis, but about our capacity to remain soft and responsive in hardening times. I am interested in theater as medicine, as technology for collective healing, as practice for the kinds of cooperation our ecological moment demands. This project asks whether we can make art that doesn't extract from its community but nourishes it, whether theater can model the regenerative relationships our planet desperately needs. We hibernate together to dream new forms of awakening.

BIOs

Jaskaran Singh (Shapeshifter - Project Head, Curator, Performer, Director)

Transdisciplinary performance artist, researcher and teacher based in Vienna/Linz. Works at intersection of scientific, technical, artistic and cultural media including choreography, directing, performance, music, film. innovates art+sci+culture in new forms and through public spaces. Leads trivium organization (Linz) with projects on human consciousness and community building. https://www.instagram.com/jaskaran_singh_harmonicalself/

Michael Naphegyi (the funky programmer - Audio-Composition, Live Music) Freelance musician, drummer, producer, bandleader and teacher based in Vienna. Active in jazz, improvised music, popular music across Austria and abroad. Enjoys blending art forms and dismantling genre boundaries. Studied jazz drums in Vienna and Anton Bruckner University Linz with distinction. https://www.instagram.com/michael__na/

Sara Koniarek (Plastic Tech Queen - Stage and Visual Design) Austrian interdisciplinary artist and designer exploring human-machine relationships in space. Works combine language, digital identities, cryptography, gamification, human-computer interaction, virtual communities. Creates light-only sections and expanded stage design bridging physical and virtual realms. https://www.instagram.com/koniarek_zara

Sabrina Rosina Bühn (Scientist on a Stranded Deserted Island- Ecologist, Guide/performer) BOKU Vienna BSc in Landscape Planning and Architecture, specializing in vegetation ecology. Works with invasive species, drawing inspiration on survival. Co-guides the ecological journey through performance, data studies, visualizations exploring New Ecology, wastelands, post-anthropocene speculation. https://sabrinarosina.com/

Kilian Jörg (Nerdy Dwarf/playful Facilitator - Philosophical inputs, DJ and performance): Works artistically and philosophically on ecological catastrophe and transformative forces. Research topics include cars as metaphors for toxic modern lifestyles, socio-psychological effects of ecocide. Creates playful interventions and participatory moments throughout the experience. https://www.kilianj.org/

trivium is an organization based in Linz, Austria since Dec. 2020. Derived from Latin for "three ways," it merges art, science, and society to understand how bodies shape realities. trivium fosters dialogue and creative expression on identity politics, diversity, and social justice. trivium works as a networking organization and produces social engagement through arts and events. At the forefront of transformative projects like Trans(T*).DisCity/City Voices kulturinitiative, L-INKED, and place of belonging which address status quo. Since 2023, trivium has been an official member association of the D-Arts Projekt büro in Vienna. https://www.instagram.com/trivium.verein/