HOW DID WE GET HERE?
DURATION 40 minutes
CONCEPT & TEXT Silas Neumann
PERFORMANCE Silas Neumann & Constantinous Voudouris
LIVE VIDEO PROJECTION Wieger Steenhuis
MUSIC COMPOSITIONSWard Meijer
WITH THANKS (for mentoring support) Dr. João da Silva, Prof. Dr. Henk van Houtum, Daniëlle Wagenaar & Pedro Manuel
Presented at Theater aan de Rijn Arnhem and at ArtEZ Arnhem (Master of Theater Practices).
A lecture performance about imaginary strategies of feeling of belonging. Starting by the notion of home I investigated in the shifting lines of territories. Territories made by language, habits and imagination. The constant effort of rearranging that aims to create comfort. But also the institutional construct of the border as part of the shaped territory. These borders seem to be in contrast with the personal one. They seem to be static. A representation that gains value by its imaginers. By emphasizing its existence it is maintaining. Are their possibilities to negotiate within these constructs? And could a dynamic experiences of these constructs lead to a different understanding? How did we get here? is a reconstruction of parts of my research process.
Photos: Fenia Kotsopoulou