PERFORMANCES

There were thousand of plates at the abandoned ceramic factory in the North of Spain. They stuck there in the very peculiar phase of transition: already not a clay, but not yet an enamelled and ready to use tableware. That was an invitation to reassign its function and to reveal what such domestic objects as plates conceal behind their familiar guise. Being put in tall pillars they ceased to be just plates. They assembled a new body that rustled, moved, shivered and invited the performer to set a new type of relation with it. The interaction comprised both sound and movement research. It ended up with the actual walk on the pillars of plates put together as a ladder.

The immersive performance creates a framework for an experiential research on the dynamic within the system "victim – oppressor". The durational work opens when the audience enter the room and sees the performer being locked to the wall by the collar. On the opposite site there is a set of 100 keys, only one of which can open the lock. Some people from the audience succeed in finding the right key and liberate the performer. As soon as it happenes, the "rescuer" is invited to replace the performer on a "victim's chair".

"Yawning glory" is a polyphony of bored and expressive, effortful and voluntary, laboured and spontaneous yawns. The utterances and gestures of the performer resonated with the audience and caused a natural response. Yawns also were multiplied by being recorded and played back in many layers in real time. Shaping the cluster they gradually ceased to be yawns and altered to another sonic texture..

The relational work investigates the possibility for closeness with the other even when it inevitably implies becoming vulnerable. A long needle is attached to the artist's chest. She seeks for the contact by inviting people from the audience to come closer and, perhaps, share an embrace.

Through small gestures of care, the work approaches the industrial heritage of the abandoned Kokkinogia mine in Cyprus. Together with performance participants, the artist reimagines and recreates rituals and routines of the place, connecting its past, present and future.