Performance and mixed media installation
Today I fell off my bed
I woke up and the ground beneath my body was shaking
or so I dreamt
I looked to the left and I looked to the right
For the first time in months the sun was bright
No more grey mornings
Sadness belongs to the night
I searched for my brothers and sisters but they were gone
There is no time for thinking the body must move on
This journey that I am about take will be challenging
but it comforts me that you will be by my side.
Departing from the inner navigational system of birds and their way of using landmarks and an inner magnetic compass to find their way between two location points, the performance invites the audience to join a journey through the Stedelijk Museum building. Audience members are invited to participate in several acts, led by a collective of artists from the Rietveld Academie. For interdisciplinary artist Yara Said, her community is her strongest navigational system. The question at hand is not solely how birds find their way back home during migration, but how do they find their way back into their day-to-day life?
Concept and direction: Yara Said
Choreography: Emirhakin
Styling and wearables: Avoidstreet
Video and photo documentation: Giovanni Salice and Nichi Baratto
Sound design: Noise Diva
Production assistant: Jana Assaad
Drone: Jort van der Laan
Performers: Seon Cha, Sara Darle Olsson, Stefi R Morariu, Juli Jaworski, Simon Gasser, Andrea Otoya Covelli, Emma Leu, Yunji Song, Louise Fangille, Wenzhu Song, Nelli Molfenter, Dana Haire, Suhaila Abu Hadba Mounayer, Karina Kalantajevska, Sebastian Eisenach, shipo chou, dariya, Giada La Gala
