Imprinting
"Wie oft hab ich versucht
mich loszureißen,
von den Fängen,
in die hineingebor'n
wir alle werden.
Wie das Quadrat im Kreis -
das sich nicht drehen kann,
weil festgehakt die Ecken sind,
verbissen in die Scheidewand.
Wie die Schlange, die sich häuten muss -
reiß Haut für Haut ich ab,
bis nichts mehr bleibt -
wie die Zwiebel ohne Kern."
The performance Imprinting deals with the concept of individual freedom. Separately individuals
are highlighted and placed into focus. They appear as subjects influenced, formed and imprinted by external conditions. Different states of existence are illuminated. Physical, psychological and mental limitations shape and influence the movements and attitudes of the actors. How free is it that we really are?
The figures interact with objects of an exhibition space. They move, relocate and shift themselves and the sculptures. By them they are enclosed, rolled over, or held down. The pivot of all movements is the object through which and around which the protagonists arrange themselves. Depending on the item, also the movement qualities of the performers change. The work thus combines a sculptural view and a pictorial language of form with body-, time- and space based dance and movement art.
