LAB29 is aimed at local and international artists who wish to experiment, research, and develop new ideas within a compact residency format. Each residency concludes with a public presentation, offering insight into the artistic processes and developments that emerged during the stay.
Senja is our second resident, a movement performer whose artistic practice merges at the crossroad of intersectional thinking, embodied poetry, and a sense of futuristic cuteness. Their work approaches the body as an archive of subconscious memories and embodied ancestralities. Senja combines Butoh, storytelling, contemporary dance, and physical theatre.
Instagram: @thisis.sin
“IN.SANITIES” is a performative research project exploring madness as a social attribution and as a potential form of resistance. Through dance, space, and gaze, it creates a poetic investigation into when deviation becomes resistance—and what hidden possibilities lie within what is perceived as madness.
Research elements:
a) Movement research inspired by Gollum and Bellatrix Lestrange
b) Site-specific exploration: How does the theatre space relate to the investigation of madness?
c) Who perceives whom as “mad,” and how can this be amplified or altered through video techniques?
d) Conceptual engagement with the notion of madness based on Michel Foucault
Curatorial assistance: Nina Breitsameter & Hannah Hoffmann
Media & video technical assistance: Miguel Löhmann & Walter
Foto ©Alexander Mutschke
