within the Oltre le mura / Beyond the walls project

With in gaps & patches, Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki / fieldworks bring together improvisation and abstraction in an investigation of the place of the body in public space. In an ongoing sculptural dialogue and search for interaction with the environment, they explore different types of outdoor locations.

During this residency in Florence, from November 7 to 15, Avdal and Shinozaki will explore the space of the Parco delle Cascine together with five performers performer – Carolina Amoretti, Luisa Cortesi, Valerio Palladino, Stefano Questorio, Oleg Soulimenko – the writer Jesse Poe and the artist Olga Pavlenko. The group will also be followed by the videomaker Rebecca Lena and the photographer Giampaolo Becherini who will document the work.

Some pictures of the residency

by Giampaolo Becherini

The creative materials and the performances resulting from this residency phase will be presented to the public at PARC on November 16, 17 and 18, with aim to stimulate potential and alternative readings of the site itself.

concept & direction: Heine Avdal, Yukiko Shinozaki
created and performed by: Carolina Amoretti, Luisa Cortesi, Valerio Palladino, Stefano Questorio (Italy), Oleg Soulimenko (Russia/Austria), Yukiko Shinozaki (Japan), Heine Avdal (Norway)
documentation: Jesse Poe, writer (USA/Italy), Olga Pavlenko, artist/illustrator (Ukraine/Italy), Rebecca Lena, videomaker (Italy), Giampaolo Becherini, photographer (Italy)
light designer: Roberto Cafaggini
produced by: Avdal Produksjoner, fieldworks vzw
co-produced by: Fondazione Fabbrica Europa, PARC Performing Arts Research Centre, PACT Zollverein, Black Box Teater, RIMI/IMIR Scenekunst (RISK)
funded by: Norsk Kulturråd, Vlaamse Overheid

Oltre le mura / Beyond the walls is a project by Fondazione Fabbrica Europa aimed at activating some of the Florence peripheral contexts through performative actions at an international and local level that focus on the concepts of “body”, “sound”, “environment”,“community ”.

The project is part of

[photo: Giampaolo Becherini]