Zanki / Wirthmüller - Holding on to...

…the things that affirm themselves only in that unstable instant between their realisation and their dissolution, the things we cannot name or point out. We only know they must have been there in the moment when we realise that they have gone. In these moments of loss we understand that our picture of the world is only one reality among many.

The bodies in this piece are never at ease. They never find stability, repose or a point of balance. They constantly need to redefine who and where they are. They are vertical bodies, never touching the ground but with their feet, struggling to remain standing yet at the same time always moving. They persist to live in a constant space of turbulence.

Concept, choreography and performance: Petra Zanki & Britta Wirthmüller
Dramaturgical assistance: Tea Tupajić
Design: Damir Gamulin
Production: Banana Gerila 2009.

Co-production: treps Trešnjevka, Plateaux festival – Mousonturm, Pandora Pop
The performance has been realised through ekscena working platform.
With kind support: Goethe Institut Kroatien, Step Beyond, Zagreb City Council, CeKaO – Zagreb, Gallery Galženica, ekscena.