AKT II wir / noi / us

Akt II comes as a sigh of relief for us.

We are finally reunited.
Together we are less alone.
We have each other, so what could ever happen?
What was before has faded, never to be seen again. What for?
We have each other.

We make decisions together and we stay together.
Each member keeps all the others together, strongly entangled.
No one is allowed to let go, or else we will all fall apart. (Fernando)
Why would someone ever let go? We belong together and we feel good this way. By each other. Other. (Frances)
We are one. Not even death will tear us part. One. (Federica)
If we ever go down, we’ll go down together.
It feels damn good to know we are all doomed. We. (Alessandro)

Akt II puts pressure on us. We carry everyone’s’ weight on our shoulders.
After all that’s been, all that we went through together, how do we just let it all fall apart now?
We can’t do this to ourselves.

Akt II is judgy.
How much can a “we” take?

Act II deals with the space we share.
We. A you, a me and a few others.
Four artists share a space and explore the concept of “we” through different media and perspectives.
Its comfortable sides, but also those that seem more and more uncomfortable on closer inspection.
A “we” in which one can hide from threats. But what if they get closer?
A we that runs when everyone runs along.
A “we” that only knows the “we” and no “you” and no “I”.
A we that we all know.

In the context of the opening, in a performance, Mara Lea Hohn asked the visitors exactly the same questions that the artists started from in their works. In a seemingly neutral space, supported by four works of art, each visitor came closer to his or her neighbour, as well as to himself or herself. In the process, their own boundaries were explored and the way paved for interpersonal relationships.