With a large number of entries from the performance scene this year,
considerable interest has been shown by young artists who are using their own
bodies in their artistic work as a form of expression.
The performance, Would you like a little More? tackles the question of what
happens when one "guzzles" too much.
Pulsating colour video images represents
the communicative medium in Adams Apple.
re-cordis, remember, give back through the heart is based on the
physical work and improvisation training
programme in which Ulrike Rosenbach directs her students at the Academy of Fine
Arts - Saar. The subject taken by the performance group from Saarbrücken
is to combine individual examples of work via an integral concept of space and
improvisation.
The performances from the students at the University of Wales, Institute of
Cardiff, all retain a common element: They seek interaction with each
individual observer.
Hi, I'm Claire confronts questions of teenage sexuality
- and is reminiscent of uneasy childhood situations. By creating an atmosphere
of privacy, Claire Shillito lets the visitor become part of her reflections.
I Taught her how to Play thematises claustraphobic feeling calling to mind those
childhhood games of hide-and-seek.
Stroke provokes feelings of vulnerability
and intimacy in the observer. Using touch, the performer creates a direct
relationship between the performer and the involved visitor.
- Thursday, 6 p.m., Haus der Jugend
- Adams Apfel by Uwe Trierweiler
- and Darf's ein bißchen mehr sein? by Susanne Wilms
- Friday & Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Dom-Hotel
- Hi, I'm Claire by Claire Shillito
- Saturday, 9 p.m., Haus der Jugend
- Recordis: Erinnern, Zurückgeben durchs Herz by Projectgroup
of the HBK Saar
- Sunday, 12 a.m. - 6 p.m., Haus der Jugend
- I Taught Her How to Play by Briony R. Watson
- and Stroke by Deanne Lord
