A special version of PoroCity at the Frascati on May 2 & 3: the performance does not take place on stage but the whole building becomes part of it. PoroCity takes the audience on a journey through the labyrinth of stages, backstage spaces, offices and hallways. We will be moving through the spaces of Frascati and around it the way we normally do not. An extended PoroCity programme includes the installations Through the Looking Glasses and Rapid Air Displacement Nr. 3 and two evenings of PoroCity talks with invited guests. More info and tickets here
PROGRAMME 2 & 3 MAY - FRASCATI:
18:30 & 21:30
POROCITY
a performance by Andrea Božić and Julia Willms
ongoing
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASSES
an extended version of the installation based on Ganzfeld effect (no space experience)
by Andrea Božić, Julia Willms and Robert Pravda
ongoing
RAPID AIR DISPLACEMENT Nr. 3
a sound installation by Robert Pravda
20:00
(following the 18:30 performance)
CONVERSATIONS AROUND SPACE AS AN ORGANISM
two evenings of talks with invited guests moderated by Aukje Verhoog:
- 2 May - Dream Logic
Together with Erik Willems and Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink, we will be examining what happens when we take the organic structures and the logic of dreams seriously as a way of thinking about our relationship to our surroundings; the structures we build, nature and one another. What happens if we claim the domain of dreaming as a way of reimag(in)ing the here and now? We will also discuss the porous relationship between artist and audience, between art and the public space: how does this third space arise, through art?
- 3 May - Urban Environment and Mental Mapping
How can we redefine our urban environment on the basis of a psychological approach to space? The discussio will concentrate on the relationship between social processes and urban development, between imag(in)ing and architecture. We will talk with urban psychologist Sander van der Ham and Charlie Clemoes (Faile Architecture) about the identity of the urban environment and the process of Mental Mapping: the hyper-individual selective representation of reality. How do you experience a space, an area, the city? How does perception of the city take place and how does architecture relate to perception, and to the psychology of the city? This time, we will claim the space to investigate whether it is possible to redesign the urban space.
PoroCity
Andrea Božić and Julia Willms | TILT
PoroCity is a performance as a journey based on mapping dreams into special architectural locations. The familiar but elusive logic of dreams merges with everyday reality and, in their overlap, a third space emerges – a porous space we do not know yet. A space where anything is possible.
PoroCity weaves the dreams collected from various people into a larger dream narrative. Two performers alias ‘dreamers’ lead the audience through a labyrinth of spaces and map the dreams as though they take place in the here and now. PoroCity moves through a series of special architectural buildings as a living organism, in Amsterdam and further, such as Burgerweeshuis designed by Aldo van Eyck, Frascati Theatre and other iconic locations. Each location is a unique experience where the dreams, the location, the building, the audience and the space itself are woven into each other and become part of the performance. The whole series becomes a performance in itself: a unique journey through the city.
Until spring 2019, PoroCity will appear on a series of special and unexpected locations in Amsterdam, Netherlands and internationally. Check the Calendar for dates