Softwareness

(Slo)

Softwareness je znanstvenofantastična plesna predstava, zasnovana na ideji bivanja v oblaku.

Občutno izpodbija konvencionalno dojemanje resničnosti in ponuja vpogled v prihodnost, kjer človeštvo v fantaziji oblaka najde uteho, vznemirjenje in celo obup. Oblak predstavlja virtualni prostor za shranjevanje, kot npr. iCloud. V oblaku je vse le informacija. Uprizoritev pod drobnogled postavlja logiko virtualnega prostora ter obenem razkriva, kako njegovo delovanje vpliva na logiko strukturiranja plesa.

Kako bi bilo, če bi se naložili v virtualni prostor, kot datoteka? Kaj se dogaja s telesom, medtem ko so misli vpete v oblak? Kaj bi se zgodilo, če bi naša čutila in zavest naložili v namišljeno shrambo? Bi se to izkazalo kot nekaj povsem odtujenega, nekaj kar zanemarja bistvo, ali bi se od te izkušnje lahko učili? Na kakšen način lahko izvajamo ples, ki je zgolj informacija, ter kakšne principe gibanja spodbuja?

Ustvarjalke telo in njegov fizični zapis jemljejo kot medij za prenos informacij. Zanima jih, kako podatkovno dojemanje telesa vpliva na razvoj gibalnih potencialov. Kljub popolni fizični predanosti so le informacija in se ne ukvarjajo z ničemer drugim kot z zgolj samo informacijo, a ne trivialno informacijo, ki jo lahko izračunamo, ampak informacijo o sami obliki ali obstoju. Prav tako se osredotočajo na informacije, ki se prenašajo preko dotika. Iz enega sistema v drugega, iz enega telesa na drugega. Navdihnjene s funkcijami v oblaku odkrivajo drugačen pristop do telesa, plesa in koreografije. Izgubljajo običajno občutje za čas in prostor z namenom, da bi samo plesale v virtualnem…

Projekt kot v sanjah uprizarja soobstoj stvarnega in navideznega ter nam s tem omogoča uvid v prihodnost, ki je prikrito že med nami. Podajamo se na potovanje po nežno zavedajočem vesolju ter dopuščamo, da ples podatkov in zvok informacijskega sveta skozi prebujeno zaznavo odstrani mreno z naših domnevno neuporabnih čutil.

Koncept: Julija Pečnikar
Ples: Alja Branc, Sara Janašković, Julija Pečnikar
Glasba: Balázs Pattantyús, Bálint Pattantyús
Kostumi: Sara Brundula (oblikovanje in izvedba), Neža Dapčevič (zasnova)
Oblikovanje luči: Borut Bučinel
Grafično oblikovanje: Bálint Pattantyús
Video in fotografija: Tin Silvaši Meštrović
Mentorstvo: Patrik Kelemen
Strokovno svetovanje: Marten Spangberg, Denes Tornyi

Produkcija: Zavod NEST
Koprodukcija: Nomad Dance Academy Slovenija, Kino Šiška
Podpora: Workshop Foundation, Life Long Burning, European Union, Mestna občina Ljubljana, KUD Pozitiv, SIN Cultural Centre Budapest, Iniciativa V Glavnem
Posebna zahvala: HUNDREDTOES Collective, Jasmina Založnik, Andreja Kopač

Financirano s strani Evropske unije. Izražena stališča in mnenja so zgolj stališča in mnenja avtorja(-ev) in ni nujno, da odražajo stališča in mnenja Evropske unije ali Evropske izvajalske agencije za izobraževanje in kulturo (EACEA). Zanje ne moreta biti odgovorna niti Evropska unija niti EACEA.

(Eng)

“Softwareness” is a sci-fi dance performance based on the idea of living in the cloud.

It thoughtfully challenges conventional perceptions of reality and offers a glimpse into a future where humanity finds solace, excitement, and even despair in the fantasy of the cloud. The cloud is a virtual storage space such as iCloud. In the cloud, everything is just information. The performance places the logic behind virtual space under scrutiny while revealing how its workings influence the logic behind structuring dance.

What would it be like to be uploaded to this virtual space as a file? What would happen to the body when the mind would be embedded in the cloud? What would happen if we uploaded our senses and consciousness into this imaginary storage? Would this turn out to be something completely alienating, something that ignores one’s essence? Could we learn from this experience? In what way can we practice dance, which is only information, and what principles of movement does it produce?

The concept considers the body and its physical record as a medium for the transmission of information. The performers are interested in how the data-based perception of the body influences the development of movement potential. Despite their total physical commitment, they are only information and are not concerned with anything other than information itself. Not trivial information that can be calculated, however, but information about the form of existence itself. They also concentrate on the information that is transmitted through touch, from one system to another, from one body to another. Inspired by the functions in the cloud, they discover a different approach to the body, dance, and choreography. They lose the usual sense of time and space in order to just dance in virtuality.

As if in a dream, the project presents the coexistence of the real and the illusory, thus providing us with insight into a future that we are already embracing. We embark on a journey through the softly aware universe, allowing the dance of data and the sound of the information world to stimulate our supposedly useless senses.

Concept: Julija Pečnikar
Dance: Alja Branc, Sara Janašković, Julija Pečnikar
Music: Balázs Pattantyús, Bálint Pattantyús
Costumes: Sara Brundula (design and implementation), Neža Dapčevič (base)
Light design: Borut Bučinel
Video: Tin Silvaši Meštrović
Graphic design: Bálint Pattantyús
Mentor: Patrik Kelemen
Expert advice: Marten Spangberg, Denes Tornyi
Production: NEST Institute
Co-production: Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, Kino Šiška
Supporters: Workshop Foundation, Life Long Burning, European Union, City of Ljubljana, KUD Pozitiv, SIN Cultural Centre Budapest, V Glavnem Initiative
Special thanks: HUNDREDTOES Collective, Jasmina Založnik, Andreja Kopač

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.