Kantá d’Atardi
(Song of the late afternoon)
a fine layer of shining fabric is laying on our skin
it is getting thinner and thinner the hotter it gets
the global power system is fashion
we wear it like our names
intricately knittet industrial mesh
transmitted at the speed of light
Netz Haut
particles and waves penetrate our pores
disguising sweatshopped shadow walls as fantasticy ill forged forest illusions
capturing our eyes with
rastered Retina screens
imagine a thin white layer of snow on the desert sands
laying there on our minds like soft tissue on our bones
intrinsic indistinguishable inseperable
imagine a bird shedding its skin like a snake
imagine a shaved swift
diving into subatomic realms
patiently penetrating the surfaces we are so adhesivley clinging to
towards the space between the lines
where we find
room to fly
and dance
The call of an extinct bird that sings for the last time for its mate who will never return. An allegory about the situation of a human body in motion, performed by a dancer from Curacao, stuck in Germany during the first confinement in 2020, exploring the contradictions of our time, such as the need for movement in a situation of global closure.