THE BURROW PROJECT

Maria Jamborsky and Marcel Siegel combine spoken language, expressive gestures, live double bass and electronic sound layers in an evening exploring fear, control and the search for safety.

“Kafka’s work is less something to be interpreted than something to be explored through experimentation.”

Following this idea, “The Burrow Project” unfolds as a hybrid, hypnotic trip between literary precision and sonic eruption. Kafka’s text is inhabited through sound, dismantled and politically charged: a paranoid animal burrows through a system of fear and control, encountering its own echo as an enemy. The precariousness of existence and the fear of an invisible threat become palpable.

A mask inspired by silent cinema and expressive gestures meet dense, rhythmically driven language. Interwoven live with double bass, loop systems and electronic layers of noise, they create an auditory labyrinth whose boundaries constantly shift—a ritual loss of control between vocal art and noise.

(in German)

The Performers

• Maria Jamborsky – Voice, Performance
• Marcel Siegel – Live Double Bass, Loops, Electronics

Maria Jamborsky is a Berlin-based writer, director and poetry performer. Following her studies in literature, theatre and cultural studies, she creates interdisciplinary work spanning text, theatre and performance. Her projects have been presented at venues including Schauspiel Leipzig, HAU, Ballhaus Ost, ufaFabrik and Heimathafen Neukölln.

Marcel Siegel is a freelance musician based in Berlin who studied jazz double bass in Weimar. His work ranges from free improvisation and jazz to sound art. Using double bass and electronic effects, he creates layered soundscapes that enter into an independent dialogue with the text. His projects have taken him to venues including Schauspiel Leipzig, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.