POROUS MATTER (particle)

A performance by Anna Anderegg in collaboration with the University of Zurich


What if the human body were never a closed entity, but a porous landscape shared with countless other lifeforms? POROUS MATTER (particle) is the outdoor, touring version of Anna Anderegg's choreographic work POROUS MATTER, developed during a year-long research residency at the Art & Science Office of the University of Zurich in exchange with fourteen scientists from fields including microbiology, palaeontology, and gastroenterology.

Two performers move through public space as shifting, hybrid bodies, from fossil landscapes to monstrous skin to microscopic multiplicity. The audience carries the sound: worn soundbags turn each listener into part of the sonic architecture, with a spoken text that envelops them directly. Against the backdrop of biodiversity loss, the piece offers a quiet, non-spectacular encounter with the entanglement of all living matter, adaptable for both day and night.

POROUS MATTER exists in two versions: this compact 30-minute outdoor version for public space with two performers, and POROUS MATTER, the full-length indoor version with five performers. → [discover POROUS MATTER full-length]


TEAM
Artistic Direction: Anna Anderegg
Curation: Katharina Weikl, Art x Science Office, University of Zurich
Created and Performed by: Trécy Afonso, Anna Anderegg
Dramaturgy: Nina Willimann
Sound Design: Marco Barotti
Costume Design: Antoniya Ivanova
Light Design & Technical Direction: Trécy Afonso
Video Editing: Milica Slacanin
Video Art: Rahul Sharma
Data Processing: Tanja Minarik
Communication: Cécile Rey
Choreographic Assistance & Spoken Text: Laureline Richard
Creative Engineering: Hémisphère
Photos: Susy Langrange, Marco Barotti

RESEARCH PARTNERS
Prof. Debjani Bhattacharyya – Department of History, University of Zurich
Prof. Adrian Egli – Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
Prof. Jan Fehr – Department of Public & Global Health
Prof. Helen Keller – Climate Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
Dr. Gaetana Restivo – Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich
Dr. Claudia Röösli – Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zurich
Prof. Marcelo Sánchez – Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Zurich
Prof. Michael Scharl – Head of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich
Dr. Maarten Schledorn – Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich
Camille Schneiter – Department of History, University of Zurich
Prof. Marcel van der Heijden – Agroscope

PARTNERS
Bildstörung Festival, Detmold, DE
CCHAR, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH
Hangar21, Detmold, DE
Kunsthaus Biel, Biel, CH
Naturkunden Museum, Berlin, DE
Tanzfabrik, Berlin, DE
Théâtre de Liège, Liège, BE
Uferstudios, Berlin, DE

WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM
City of Biel
Canton of Bern
Ernst Göhner Foundation
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