Garden of desires (2018) – Martyna Lorenc

GARDEN OF DESIRES

35-40 min | english

GARDEN OF DESIRES

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A performance with two dancers, phantoms, words and Paint.

“Garden of desires" is a small-scale interdisciplinary venture. Originating from research at the intersection of movement practices and cognitive science, it is a performative investigation on the tangency of bodily sensation and imagination. Central to this process is touch and tactile stimulation - in variety and nuances, actual, fictitious, imagined, spoken, which uncovers different bodies contained in one. A body which borders can be far away from their substance. A body that morphs its proprioceptively felt shape through touch and sensation into its alternatives, phantastic entities, manifested in movement. A body that extends through imagery it evokes, into other spaces, universes. Originating from research at the intersection of movement practices and cognitive science, it is a performative investigation on the tangency of bodily sensation and imagination. Central to this process is touch and tactile stimulation - in variety and nuances, actual, fictitious, imagined, spoken, which uncovers different bodies contained in one. A body which borders can be far away from their substance. A body that morphs its proprioceptively felt shape through touch and sensation into its alternatives, phantastic entities, manifested in movement. A body that extends through imagery it evokes, into other spaces, universes.

"Garden of desires" is an outcome of a long investigation that began with "Phantoms beyond the brain" and made the path for previous projects, "Phantom of paradise", "Garden of desires @ Memphis Memphis".

initiation: Martyna Lorenc
creation & performance: Andrea Maria Handler & Martyna Lorenc
music: Karol Kensy (Kensee)
assistance: Gaja Karolczak, Adriana Torres Topaga
initial research: Gaja Karolczak, Martyna Lorenc, Maria Zimpel

Thanks to Ludmiła Kaczmarek, Claire Blake, Rose Breuss

Kindly supported by Land Oberösterreich, Linz Kultur, C.O.V./Rose Breuss, Life Long Burning (Wild Cards/DanceWEB), Lab On Stage Collective, Anton Bruckner University Linz, 4Culture Association – WASP Bucharest, Art Stations Foundation Poznań, Sense of Movement Foundation Poznań.