The mask, an object inhabited by spirits, a body but without souls. the mask is immortal and this is a true value of the identity of each people. This is the moment of freedom while having control of the memory of the body going over the limits to surprise the collective memory.
Concept
The mask, an object inhabited by spirits, a body but without soul. A mask that loses his head loses also her identity. The decolonization and the memory of the living masks is a journey of identity hidden under the human marks.
On the original music of Johannes Lauer, 15 dancers meet under the effect of the solar lamps and the shadows dressed by Kerstin Junge.
Each gesture is an imaginary world, strong communications with the objects of the museum in space to give rebound to the gestures of others. The fear of total freedom will be present to create tension in the group and in the space.
Nobody will dance alone because there will always be a support of the group. Facing the screen, the human changes his mask. The speed in space will be present to express the urgency of changes in humanity. We finish with the calm of the spirits of the masks. In that moment a “spirit body” is detached and we see a mask coming out.
Research Questions
Which mask at Humbolt forum for which body?
What about confrontation mask, shadow of a human and the place of light in the space?
What for a spirit can we observe in a jerky movement, freez or unnature?