Can we detect our individual characteristics and visualize what makes us unique? (UN) FOCUSSED is a performance with and about the brain, in which the EEG data of two performers is compared and translated into laser movements and sound. The performance aims at exposing our internal differences as individuals and basic similarities as humans. Each one of us has different memories, experiences and perceptions, but when we analyze our brain’s responses to specific basic stimulation, we also observe how surprisingly similarly wired we all are.
2016
- Festival Nuit des Lampions, Wiltz, Luxemburg (2018)
- The Warp, Art Chapel Amsterdam (2018)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience Kickoff Meeting Theater Amsterdam (2017)
- Worlding the Brain Symposium, Compagnietheater Amsterdam (2017)
- Amsterdam Brain and Mind project, Compagnietheater Amsterdam (2017)
- try-out at Amsterdam Dance Event, Compagnietheater Amsterdam (2015)
Choreography: Marion Tränkle, Roos van Berkel and Tashi Iwaoka
EEG analysis and laser programming: Alberto Novello
Sound design: Ivo Bol
Scenography, interactive lighting design: Marion Tränkle
Performers: Roos van Berkel , Tashi Iwaoka
Funded by: Fonds Podiumkunsten, Stimuleringsfonds and the Amsterdam Brain Mind Project
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