Statolit

“Statolit”by Adèle Essle Zeiss is an installation and performance for three dancers that will be performed several times. “Statolit” is shown here as a counterpart to the exhibition “Lars Englund – Under Construction”.

Three long wooden planks placed horizontally in the space, a sack of cement strapped to one end of each. On the other end of each plank sits a dancer whose body is balanced by the counterweight of the sack. Any little movement changes the elevation of the plank, setting it in motion.

“Where do we perceive the border to be between movement and stillness?”

“The dancers are assigned to sit still, but every now and then to perform a controlled, collective movement upward or downward. The planks serve as amplifiers. They enlarge small movements of the dancers’ bodies and transmit them out into the space.”

Performers: Nadja Bounenni, Eva Johanna Forsehag, Roosa Törmä