studio acts
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AGAINST ONESELF
… existence formed by disciplinetrying to protect ourselves through the adoptionof different cultural behaviours/movements/teachingsperhaps to get rid of the guilt we feel about living a good lifeperhaps to redirect our energy to prepare for disasterswhich can be anything we imagine ourselvesbased on individual paranoid imaginationscaused by our very own fears and frustrationswhich we all develop…
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LEDIG
… continues in the style of the EXISTENCE THEATRE, a term growing from a specific style of art performances, created by AIP that question certain aspects and daily banalities of human identity/identities in a globalised world, while depending on a strong experimental character and by using methods of improvisation/action. What do we really know: about…
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CURTAIN WHISPERS
An enclosed room with a view, a separate space – and two human beings. No window but a transparent curtain connects or disconnects/separates them from the actual viewer. The two individuals simulate daily routines of the outside world. While they are excluded from the real world behind a curtain-wall, their actions seem odd and degenerated. Inherited habits…
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UNTAUGLICH
a video installation: under the German title Untauglich, which means ineligible for military service, the artist looks into transnationally existing forms of social and/or political constraints. He addresses certain aspects of how we act and fit/do not fit into the generally expected behaviour patterns of a human life that one finds specifically defined by culturally shaped…
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JAMITTENEIN
… continues in the style of the EXISTENCE THEATRE, a term growing from a specific style of art performances, created by AIP that question certain aspects and daily banalities of human identity/identities in a globalised world, while depending on a strong experimental character and by using methods of improvisation/action. What do we really know: about…
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MY THREE SISTERS
… continues in the style of the EXISTENCE THEATRE, a term growing from a specific style of art performances, created by AIP that question certain aspects and daily banalities of human identity/identities in a globalised world, while depending on a strong experimental character and by using methods of improvisation/action. What do we really know: about…
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INTROSPECTION
The Existence Theatre, which transforms/sets specific aspects of the improvised performance style of the Commedia dell’ arte into a present day perspective, recalls in this particular act (like AIP has done before in previous performances) the usage of the bauta*. The originally separate face-covering object/mask in white has blended now with the human face, which…
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NOT KNOWING
… continues in the style of the EXISTENCE THEATRE, a term and performance style, created by AIP that questions certain aspects and daily banalities of human identity/identities. What do we really know: about the world, about others, about ourselves? This performance piece talks about how we miss out to live and how we fail trying to…