performance
concept Muna Mussie
with Giorgia Del Don e Muriel Del Don
with the collaboration of Gian Luca Mattei
production workspacebrussels, Xing
with the support of Summer Studio/Rosas Parts, Bains Connective, Teatro Valdoca
Observing oneself into the mirror is something that one usually does alone. I would like to look into the mirror with a multitude.
Monkey see, Monkey do , a performance conceived by Muna Mussie, gives shape to a fusion between the audience and the scene, reflecting on the image and its potential. A diatribe between word and image, beginning with the disturbing dimension of the 'double'. Monkey see, Monkey do speaks of the person-body - understood as a complex entity organized by concrete elements - and persona-politics - understood as a complex organized by abstract elements. It is aimed at an audience that shares with the artists/creators a desire for meaning in the most minimal gesture: 'eye diaphragms that are trained to contemplate, to contain more, one less that unleashes visions through psychophysical tensions between bodies, flesh body, sound body, plastic body'. The protagonists are semi-identical figures that act as 'prototypes,' according to a focussing on that fantastic and controversial adventure that everyone experiences in front of one’s own image. The mirror, the object and the basic device around which the Monkey see, Monkey do system is designed, requires the eye to turn on itself starting from and coming to the same source that is both watching and being watched. This perpetual rotation seeks its own hypothetical period in reality. A reality that is difficult to identify. How do we free word and image from the mutual form of 'parental authority'? By working from the appearance of reality, sliding, flying above, tripping on the various codes that express it. A semantic journey on a free entry and exit.
concept Muna Mussie
with Giorgia Del Don e Muriel Del Don
with the collaboration of Gian Luca Mattei
production workspacebrussels, Xing
with the support of Summer Studio/Rosas Parts, Bains Connective, Teatro Valdoca
Observing oneself into the mirror is something that one usually does alone. I would like to look into the mirror with a multitude.
Monkey see, Monkey do , a performance conceived by Muna Mussie, gives shape to a fusion between the audience and the scene, reflecting on the image and its potential. A diatribe between word and image, beginning with the disturbing dimension of the 'double'. Monkey see, Monkey do speaks of the person-body - understood as a complex entity organized by concrete elements - and persona-politics - understood as a complex organized by abstract elements. It is aimed at an audience that shares with the artists/creators a desire for meaning in the most minimal gesture: 'eye diaphragms that are trained to contemplate, to contain more, one less that unleashes visions through psychophysical tensions between bodies, flesh body, sound body, plastic body'. The protagonists are semi-identical figures that act as 'prototypes,' according to a focussing on that fantastic and controversial adventure that everyone experiences in front of one’s own image. The mirror, the object and the basic device around which the Monkey see, Monkey do system is designed, requires the eye to turn on itself starting from and coming to the same source that is both watching and being watched. This perpetual rotation seeks its own hypothetical period in reality. A reality that is difficult to identify. How do we free word and image from the mutual form of 'parental authority'? By working from the appearance of reality, sliding, flying above, tripping on the various codes that express it. A semantic journey on a free entry and exit.
wednesday 17 april 9 pm > MAMbo
