3 months on earth is a collaborative project of cabula6, an international performance group under the artistic direction of claudia heu and jeremy xido.

it all began in santiago de chile with the idea to witness daily life in public space, to capture the perception of common people and reveal the modes and impact of traveling. traveling can stand for a lot of things, such as moving from place a to b, a group of friends on vacation, migrants forced to give up familiar territory, an audience bodily and mentally following a piece. 3 months on earth searches pathways that each of us take to arrive to this very moment where we are right now, is about conditions that lead to any given moment, reveal connections that bind all of us who share intersecting worlds. how did I get here? how did those surrounding me get here?

the travel from santiago de chile ended at the outskirts of vienna at a place called macondo, named after marquez writing in hundred years of solitude. macondo became a place for shelter and home back in the 70ies when a large number of chilenian refugees fled from pinochet. hidden behind trees and walmart like parking lots there lies a very different and unexpected world, somehow out of place, misplaced geographically, miraculously connected to the outside world. 3 months on earth records life stories of people based in macondo, of audience and bystanders, invited or by accident drawn to attend the ongoing process. the aim is to bridge between cultural entities and put on display, on one hand the diversion a memory based landscape can hold, on the other the connecting dots laid out all over the inner and outer landscape.

I joined the travel as a performer and photographer. the photos on display were taken by children of macondo, putting their own vision, memory and internal censorship on film. the children used simple one-way cameras and were asked to document their individual life in macondo, to capture all that seems precious and important. 3 months on earth took place on may 15 and 16, 2007 at tqw tanzquartier wien and macondo.

concept cabula6
performer claudia heu, jeremy xido, amanda piña, daniel zimmermann, mani obeya, zoe knights, fabrizio de pasquale, laurent ziegler, michel villalobos, ramon villalobos, nino villalobos, andrea seewald, jens classen, jorge rojas, carlos rojas and guests