Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain

Liis Vares, Taavet Jansen

Flower seed inside you
Rose inside you
Flowering and prickling
Rose in your brain

  • Authors:Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen
  • Mixed reality solution:Norbert Pape
  • Sound design:Mihkel Tomberg
  • Graphic design:Jaan Evart
  • Room design:Mari Möldre
  • Photographer:Alissa Šnaider
  • Videographer:Piibe Kolka
  • Producer:Anu Almik, elektron.art
  • Premiere:14.11.2024 between 12 and 19 at University of Tartu Library
  • Next performances:15-28 November Mon-Fri between 11-20 and Sat, Sun 12-18. A new show starts every half hour.
  • Festivals:26.-27.10 showing PAD festival Wiesbaden Germany and 2-5.11 showing IMPACT festival Liege Belgium
  • Language:English
  • Duration:30 minutes
  • The performance can be experienced by one person at a time.
  • Supporters:Estonian Ministry of Culture, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn city, Dortmund Academy of Theater and Digitality, Estonian Academy of Arts through the ACuTe project, Erasmus program, VARES Valga Architecture Residency, University of Tartu

Something is changing, I can no longer make sense of what here means, as I increasingly feel that while I am here, I am also always a little bit there. There, where my thoughts are, there where my imagination roams — and not only mine, but someone else’s as well, simultaneously. It is real. I am always inside a body, in this form that makes me visible and touchable; yet I am also always in a space, where no one can see me. It is a space of thought, an invisible space, but also an ever-present network, a movement. I am present, held in human.

‘Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain’ is a mixed reality performance, a collective thought space where linguistic thinking meets the instinctive physique. It is a physical reading experience, choreography of thoughts that you can experience within your own body using mixed reality glasses. Plug in — let your body and thoughts carry you.


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