WHO TOO

WHO TOO - photo by M. van der Put - 01

Under the title WHO TOO, WHO cycle will evolve in the coming season into an extended study of the human body. The basic principle; back to the essence of our naked body, its being kept, but one after the other a theme, a physical aspect or another medium is being added; The body is slowly but surely confronted with a more and more explicit environment: The aim here is to show the thin naked body in continuously greater contrast with its surroundings. Here the authenticity of the naked human is also central but it’s being forced to relate to a much more dominant outer world. The research centres on finding out where the turning point is, the moment the formidable body loses against its more and more imposing environment.

All the stages of this development form a fuelling field for the performances of the ensuing series, who bow to then again resist to these imposed additions. WHO cycle thus becomes a research into transformation and adaptation. Trials have already yielded interesting results; Language versus body language, body versus mirror image; film projections versus live presence, pain versus pleasure.

Interesting to add is that WHO cycle, together with WHO TOO, forms a performance series that can be played in different combinations.