In a small one-room apartment high above the snow covered streets of Berlin a man is dreaming of the open lawns of his childhood. Beneath the wallpaper are the shadows of former tenants. In the walls and in his clothes there is a darker past he is trying to repress, but it keeps crawling out.

Accompanied with a live score composed and performed by Iain Grandage, lawn was originally conceived in Berlin in collaboration with Sasha Waltz & Guests. With the support of the Tanztage Festival and the Sophiensaele three collaborators, Gavin Webber, Grayson Millwood and Vincent Crowley, the work was completed in Australia and premiered at Brisbane’s Powerhouse in 2005.

“lawn is fantasy about the life of the apartment itself, about how the stories of the past tenants embed themselves behind the wall paper and in the brain of the person living there…a perfectly crafted horror fantasy where everything works: the timing, the rhythm and the images.” Berliner Zeitung 2005

Splintergroup was founded in 2004 and is a flexible and collaborative group whose membership varies. Current members have worked with Wim Vandekeybus (Ultima Vez) and Sasha Waltz. All members have equal input into the creative process.