(DON’T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES is a dance performance inspired by the story of the Greek myth of Medusa and the Gorgon sisters.
It is a piece for three human performers, two robots, and an avatar that tackles the notion of the monstrous and the relationships between bodies and technology. Its aim is to reflect on the representations of women and queer characters in the foundational narratives of Western culture. (DON’T) LOOK ME IN THE EYES attempts to turn the problems that the myth triggers into a sci-fi futuristic dream, tracing a line between past and future to understand and confront some of the problems from the present we inhabit.
Drink my blood in the stream of digital
I dare you
to take me in
under the font of the ree(a)l.
Wet your engine in my wicked veins
I want you
to take me inside
to take me there
I will give you my eye, without putting the brake.
Meet me there, in the code of barks
that make our face viral
that make our face spiral
but only under the dark hack.
Cause the world is leaking, for sure is leaking
is stoned, nonstop beeping.
Cause the world is leaking, I bet is leaking
is stoned, nonstop chirping.
Concept and direction – Ainhoa Hernández Escudero Performers – Neda Ruzheva Nina Pushkareva and Ainhoa hernández Escudero Choreography – Ainhoa Hernández Escudero with Laura Ramirez Ashbaugh, Neda Ruzheva and Nina Pushkareva Dramaturgical advice – Carolina Bianchi and Marta Keil Movement research – with Laura Ramirez Ashbaugh Sound design – Fernanda Libman Visuals – Urticae Robot programming – Echo Wang Light design –Irene Cantero Production management – Astrid Klein Haneveld Co-produced with SPRING Festival and ICK. Co-production in residency O Espaço do Tempo. Supported by AFK, NORMA, Stimulerings Fonds Digital Culture, the YAA prize, Erik Impuls, New Adventures Residency, and Antic Teatre. Special thanks to Isadora Tomasi, Ummi Renteria Wouters, Fleur De Schepper, Soyun Jang, Come Together #8, Lisa Reinheimer, and House of Løstbois.
