“Utopia of the Present – Variations” is an event, containing performance, dance and installation – driven by the idea that a (social and personal) utopic reality should not be envisioned in the future or the past, but can and should be explored in the present moment.” BY BERN RETOUR KOLLEKTIV
A place in which no one needs to achieve anything by Katja Cheraneva, Oded Littman, Vera Stierli & Vivianne Balsiger
“A place in which no one needs to achieve anything” is an attempt at entering a state of mind of total openness and sensitivity to the space, the audience, the partners and the self. It is a daily practice the performer took upon themselves in order to give up on any control or choice and be on the stage in a state of pure “being”.
Oded: Aaa, phf… ok… something about the practice you mean?
Katja: Yes, about the practice; about the piece.
Oded: Well first of all it is about the space and it’s about being in the space. It is about being open to the possibilities of the space, but also being open to the people in the space and everything that can happen between me and the people in the space
Katja: For me it is mostly to strip away the meaning of things the way I know them and to let go of the idea of correlation. To maybe have that feeling that everything exist on its own, even if I am not here. Even if I am gone.
Vera: I mean, It’s good that the things and the people have a past, but we just observe them. Only when you start judging you involve the past and the future. Can we reach that moment of not judging?
Shows:
Heitere Fahne Bern (CH)
VERA ILONA STIERLI 