Counter-walking protocol – in between the body and its shame (Work in progress)

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Production team

Author and performer: Diona Kusari
Performer: Arbnora Ademi

Artistic and Creaticve Mentor: Florent Mehmeti

Instagram: @dionakusari

This project is supported by the ODA Theatre's "Emerging Voices Program" (Empowering Young Artists).

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Venue

Starting point: In front of the “Bill Clinton” statue. Ending point: “Zahir Pajaziti” Square – In front of the Grand Hotel.

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A body crosses the city without walking. Artist Diona Kusari, accompanied by performer Arbnora Ademi, traverses the city from one point to another, without walking conventionally. She may crawl, she may roll or she may be inspired by inventing unconventional ways of moving. The automated patterns of body movement are subverted through experimentation. The body that is programmed to behave when it is visible, observed and (pre)judged is revealed. The performance reveals a social choreography staged on the urban paths of the city. These paths are transformed into a laboratory, where the limits of shame, observation, norm and predictability are tested. Each deviation from conventional walking shows the invisible choreography of public life in public space: expectations, (pre)judgements and the relationship between the body itself and being observed. The performance ends by leaving traces of the movement temporarily installed as a legacy of this anti-walking protocol, of the body and its shame. This performance is part of the project "Probability, Bias, Faith or Exercises in Quantum Entanglement ", which explores the conditioned responses, automatic behaviors, and biases that structure our experience in public space.

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