Dementia, amnesia, forgetfulness, memory loss.
We create memories to live; we erase them to survive.
Images, words, sounds flowing endlessly and slipping away.
Interest evaporates; hearts become numb, heads become bloated, and convictions become exhausted.
We are aware of this, yet we would rather not be.
We avert our gaze and pretend we see nothing, yet we see.
It is a cycle and a perpetual paralysis.
In a spiral of silence and sound, Butoh dancer Yuko Kaseki moves through what has been lost, while sound artist Mieko Suzuki weaves time. Searching for a place where lost memories dwell unnoticed, inscribed in the body and lurking in the mind, they construct a temporal space through immersive sounds.
On 2 October, following the performance, we cordially invite you to an artist talk with Prof. Dr. Gabriele Brandstetter.
Direction, choreography, dance: Yuko Kaseki
Music: Mieko Suzuki
Lighting design: TBA
Photo: Morvarid K
With the kind support of Theaterhaus Mitte
Language: Englisch
Duration: 70 min