ANTHROPOSYNTHESIS
The artist Birke van Maartens, together with the four dance artists Erika Kookie Filia, Miriam Budzáková, Simone Lorenzo Benini, Ofer Dayani and the composer and sound artist Kenji Tanaka, is collectively dealing with the Anthropocene as part of their residency at the choreographic center SQfarm.
As part of the project, they are investigating the relationship between humans and nature and creating a maze that becomes a performance space. The created labyrinth allows the audience to determine the course and structure of the actions by freely choosing the paths it walks on and through these decisions. The environment, including the forest, fields, farm and lake of the choreographic center, are brought to the fore through installations and performances.
The aim of the project is to create a deeper understanding of nature and its meaning for humans. It is expected that the interactive experience will create a connection between the audience and nature, thus creating a heightened awareness of the environment and people's responsibility for it.
The research for the project began in Salzburg and was continued in Berlin, including in the DOCK11 Studio. During the residency at the choreographic center SQfarm. Fallbach Art Research Movement, the project was completed and performed for the first time. During the residency, the aim was to examine the relationships between humans and nature in the context of the Anthropocene. Through the collaboration of the project participants, models of coexistence and ecology were researched and reflected on in the isolation of nature, and the Anthropocene was viewed from different perspectives. Body-based, choreographic and performative methods were used to outline the questions and findings resulting from the research.
Performers / Artists: Erika Kookie Filia, Miriam Budzàkovà, Simone Lorenzo Benini, Ofer Dayani and Birke van Maartens
Composition / Sound art / Sound: Kenji Tanaka
Camera / Film: Mohamad El Hadidi
[Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative. Dance aid program.]
