Tuning is a site-specific installation where performance, video, sound, and the synergy of ecosystems converge. In this work, I illuminate the interplay between humans and their more-than-human counterparts—plants, frogs, flies, water—and reveal the latent complexity of an ecosystem through fleeting structures and shared rhythms.
Central to Tuning is a deconstruction of time, where I challenge the rigid constraints of clock time. I explore questions about how we experience time through the rhythms of our interactions with the world, thus exposing the fiction of collectively agreed temporal constructs. My fascination with the body's reflexes—the subtle shiver, the startle, the itch—leads to a choreography that unveils what lies beneath our immediate perception.
My process is rooted in embracing fragmentation, reflecting the autistic experience of the world as a series of disjointed moments rather than a cohesive whole. In Tuning, I create a choreography where things appear and disappear unexpectedly, making visible the hidden movements of our bodies in response to the environment. My work invites us to consider the myriad timelines that coexist within a space and to imagine an alternative world where diverse rhythms of life are acknowledged.
Credits
Dancers: Clotilde Cappelletti, Lily Kiara, Edward Loyd, Maria Mavridou, Alla Shliakhova, Leandro Souza, Clarinde Wesselink
Music: Kristoffer Lislegaard
Advisors: Eva Karczag, Dana Caspersen, Bojana Cvejić, Susan Leigh Foster, Janna-Camilla Lyster, Suzan Tunca
Special Thanks: Anne van Balen, My peers at DAS Choreography, and the Master’s Choreography program at the National Academy of Arts, Oslo