In the frame
of their residency at ZoeEspace in Basel, Switzerland, between January and June
2018 the two performers Antonia Ravens and Zina Vaessen investigated different
states of the body and phenomena of the interplay between performers and
audience members. In Das Quartier in uns these phenomena of inter-subjective exchange are conceptualized through the
notion of phenomena of resonance. Phenomena of resonance describe a being
affected with a movement that is produced by someone else than myself (e.g.: I
see someone yawning.) Das Quartier in uns is a 30 minutes long research, that investigates the interaction between
performer and audience member. The inquiry was guided by the following
research: How does the attention of another person affect one´s bodily state in
the context of a live performance and how can this effect be made visible and
choreographically productive. The two performers use the frame of a stage situation also in
order to hint at a socio-political problematic: according to which criteria do
we distribute our attention and how do these criteria manipulate what we
perceive? How to steer and shape that which takes place within and outside of
ourselves?
