SO VERY CLOSE, 2021
Performance
25 min

Four performers and a camera person are on a spacious, public lawn. The performers stroke the grass, pull on it, jump, stomp, crawl and slide on the organic surface. At the beginning, the touches of a performer become sound with the help of a special contact microphone. It mixes with pre-recorded music until the music completely dominats. Solar panels generate energy for spotlights, whose light becomes increasingly visible after sunset.

Artistic Direction and Concept: Renate Mihatsch
Performance: iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo, Brigitte Huezo, Katharina Senzenberger, Benze C. Werner
Sound Composition: Isabelle Finou
Violin: iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo
Styling: Marie-Luise Wolf
Videography: Linda Schefferski
Photos: © Renate Mihatsch & Stephan Glagla
A production by Renate Mihatsch, co-produced by Cheers for Fears in cooperation with Ringlokschuppen Ruhr as part of the Cheers for Fears TRANSIT program for artistic research and production. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR and the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste.
@ Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim an der Ruhr