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SOFT ENCOUNTERS 
STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN 

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A group of performers spend a few hours arranging sponge cubes, creating patterns and landscapes while communicating and reflecting on their surroundings through song. The audience is invited to come and go, to witness and even participate. This is a quiet playground, a soft contemplation. 

This event was a part of Katrín Gunnarsdottir’s research project Soft Encounters: A performative approach to embodying artificial intimacy, hosted by The Iceland University of the Arts.

 

A collaboration with Reykjavík Dance Festival and Reykjavík Art Museum14th of November 2024

Concept and artistic direction: Katrín Gunnarsdóttir 

Design: Eva Signý Berger

Performers: Alona Perepelytsia, Halla Þórðardóttir, Heba Eir Kjeld, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Védís Kjartansdóttir

Photos: Owen Fiene

 

Supported by: Iceland University of the Arts, City of Reykjavík, Menningarfélagið Tær

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