5-10 min. interventions in public space, with one to six performers

This Flag Was Eaten By (…) consists of performative interventions in public space for one to six performers. The movement sequences are inspired by traditional flag waving and are performed in three- to seven-minute interventions at a metro station. In contrast to classic flag-waving choreographies the performers hold invisible flags in their hands. The waving of the flag as an ambivalent symbol of identification and belonging is thus literally emptied of meaning.

Placed in the entrance area of the underground station, the interventions briefly intervene in the stream of everyday movements. I am interested in entering into a choreographic dialogue with these existing streams of movement and casually integrating them into the artificial movements of the performance. The entrance and exit of the performers, all in everyday clothing, is intentionally staged so that they initially do not differ from the flow of movement of the passers-by.

During the interventions, the movements of other people repeatedly weave their way into the work. This creates a subtle state of suspension between belonging and separation: what is part of the performance and what is not? The political dimension of the work is not explicitly marked, but embedded in everyday banality. Whether and how this charged theme is reflected in the perception of the viewers remains open.

with Aurora Biancardi, Giulia Zabarella, Stephanie Rössing, Lukas Kayl, Hannah Geisler, Veronica Vagnon