AUGENBLICKSVERKNÜPFUNG – PUNKT EMOTIONALER DICHTE

Tangency – Stadtverortungen, Osnabrück

2018

The performance “Linking Moments – Emotional Point of Density” in public and over the rooftops of Osnabrück, measuring urban topology and social fields. Stella Geppert applies land surveying technology to the complexity of assessing a space, using the Neumarkt in Osnabrück as a model. What is the impact of making social contact from close up, from far away? How long does it take for eye contact to be made? How do social spheres relate to the big picture – to planet Earth? This “being moved through the act of measurement” will be translated into choreography and explored as a gauge of emotional intensity. The space-defining elements and their effects begin to resonate.

Vocabulary of communication in the distance and near: Both arms bend forward vertically over the head: we align ourselves and walk into position / both arms loosely angled next to the body: I am alert and observe / both arms cross over in front of the body: I have finished my observation / both arms bend sideways and seesaw: I am helpless / both arms cross over the head: I am finished and leave the scene / light touch of the hands on the head: I have found the point, I am touched.