VAV – moving image
Performance
“The body is lying down, but it is not resting. It has exhausted all its internal resources. It is suspended in the moment.” – Gosia Wdowik, Body in Resistance 2024
Bodies.
In their contours, we recognise a human figure
No matter what shape or size
What about the shape of what lies beneath the surface of the skin?
When you close your eyes and shut your ears and cover yourself up
You might be able to escape the world for a moment
Time will pass
Time will waste
All things left undone.
As soon as we open our eyes, the world is back in full force
In its all-encompassing dimension
No room to escape
No back door
or
Escape room
Can we offer you a space to back off, to escape, to exist, to move gently, to listen deeply
No, no spectacular event
Just some lying down time
Can we back you up?
PS: “Just to recognise diversity as part of natural variation, rather than a departure from sameness.” – Jodie Hare in Autism Is Not a Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity, 2024