re:current

Electricity and dance have a common history. The legendary
American dancer Loie Fuller was the incarnation of the fascination with
electricity in the late 19th century. The new form of energy had been charged
as a feminine phenomenon. Clarity, purity etc. were values attributed both to
the female role model and the new energy source. In re:current
the cultural idea of electricity will be re-examined.
The site becomes a performer that interacts with the dancer and the video.
Essentially, it is electric energy that allows this conversation between
architecture, video and dance. Electricity is on both levels - form and
content.
Has the building ever been electrocuted by itself? Has the energy created in
this building worn out the building, or energised it? Does the building miss
the current running through its body? Thousands of watts of energy have been
generated within this building and have been sent away to disappear as a force
in a factory far away or to light a city somewhere else. Can we still feel the
left-over current? Be silent, stay quiet, and try to feel re:current.
(Hiroko Tanahashi)

post theater (New York/Berlin) is a team of artists
and academics of various backgrounds who continuously switch roles and
responsibilities. Theatre performances may be the main product generated by
this network, yet other forms of artistic expressions (installations,
exhibitions, concerts) are equally important. Whenever post theater is on tour,
its productions are remixed for the new contexts, venues, and occasions. post
theater's re-occurring themes are identity and technology. To what degree does
technology act as a protagonist, and to what degree do performers resemble
machines? Do ethnic or academic identities really 'mix' when they meet? (post
theater)

Lecture / presentation
Wednesday, Oct 6th, 4 pm, Cankarjev dom, lecture room M1
Hiroko Tanahashi
Haptic Media
Hiroko Tanahashi will present opus of her work - mainly with the multimedia
group post theater.

Organisation: City of Women
In collaboration with: Zavod Bunker - Stara
elektrarna and Cankarjev dom