Second Skin

Passing through an endless string of situations that demand it be present, the body reacts as best it can: it adjusts, freezes, withdraws, repeats familiar patterns. It resists. A thin, identity-bound, transparent membrane keeps it alive and in tension. Under the pressure to perform, states oscillate between pleasure and uncertainty, vulnerability and control. The body protests and learns to adapt with force and determination. It wants to express itself honestly and, at the same time, to be accepted. Giving in to the visceral, it sometimes discovers a fragile balance and unexpected forms of freedom.

A group of performers explores the marks that work, exposure and everyday life leave on their own bodies. The tensions between the intimate body, the social body and the professional body come to light through accumulations of gestures, impulses and self-reflection. The body's memory is revisited and reconstructed in real time.