At the visit to Air Reservoir, a sanctuary for aerial beings, there lies a testament to our times. It is a place where the air itself bears the weight of a slow, unyielding catastrophe—a gradual disappearance of respiratory beings. You are invited into a space to witness a delicate dance of death, where a performative respiratory ecosystem emerges from human-made remains and non-human beings. This landscape, powered by the possibilities of worlding, explores the differences and similarities between the human breathing system and that of a bird, an insect, or a snail. The dynamics of contrast are explored while confronting the limitations of the human body in relation to air.
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Author: Beate Poikāne
Performers: Sofija Putniņa and Kristers Krūms
Composer: Liza Kuzyakova
Voice: Linda Mence
Consultation: Laima Jaunzema
Producer: Ieva Briede (New Theatre Institute of Latvia)
The performance is part of EU Creative Europe project The Big Green residency ‘Nature as inspiration’. Supported by the State Cultural Capital Fund’s target program of grants for the promotion of creativity.
[29. - 30.08.2024]