And when I return, will I take the same seat again?
a performance | 30’I am afraid to remember. I am afraid to remember, faces fading away, thoughts, to remember, holding on to past memory. I am afraid to remember, the shadows under the tree. The future without me. The songs full of melancholy, a feeling, of holding on to past memory. I am afraid to remember, me, holding on, to past memory. I am trying to remember, the sound of the sky, where thoughts were passing by, trying to grasp, a moment in time, under a dark blue sky, the color of your eyes in a future that is not this kind of type. Instead, home in my thoughts, not meant to be told. Try to remember, with the feeling in mind, left, but not left behind. Asking, from time to time: Will you remember?
Dedicated to my lost memories
ABOUT
Prominent in the performance is the emotional expression of a “silent scream” (a facial expression of a scream, without the sound of a scream). The silence of the scream shifts the focus on the physical expression of the body, almost 'neutralising' the scream. A 'neutralisation' in the sense, that the action of the scream is not telling one specific reason for screaming, but opening the space for personal interpretation and connection with the image of the screaming bodies.
CREDITS
Idea & direction by Lisa Hofmann
in co-creation with the performers Eleni Vasilonikolou, Joana Cunha Pinto & Niki Christoforidou
Assisted in many ways by Zoe Antypa
Supported in many ways by Luzi Madrid Villanueva
Music from Henryk Górecki
PERFORMANCE
18.03.2024 (studio) premiere, ArtEZ University of the Arts - Arnhem, NL
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