1&1=1

1&1=1
hello!earth- platform for various arts projects
Date: 03. September 04. September 06. September 07. September 08. September

A project, presented and produced for MYworld Images Festival, Copenhagen 2010.

“Walking together. Eating together. Resting together. Working together. This three week process of cross-pollination and collaboration of people and cultures raises nuanced questions about the individual and the collective. Of cultural contexts in a globalised earth, and the interplay of the imagined and the physical. It points at the fine balance between the cityscape and our bodies. Of arriving at doing without knowing, sometimes alone, sometimes together.”

A social experiment, serious research, virtual excursion. hello!earth's "1&1=1" is all that and more. Join the artists in a site-specific, performative journey into the now. The cast includes, apart from you of course, artists from Denmark, India, Brazil, and the Philippines. The scene is set at Vesterbro, Copenhagen and you will move through the city, individually or in smaller groups, on a walk that explores the potential of pure attention – attention towards your surroundings, yourself, and your fellow human beings. Join the walk and take part in creating a reality that goes far beyond the media-made reality, ideas and images we have about each other. Become part of the contemporary collective 1&1=1 that takes concepts like "us" and "them" and spins them around.

”The project involved artists from very different corners of this planet met in Copenhagen and the performance was developed in a collective process. Questions on the balance of individual and collective in different cultural contexts, how and when we perceive collective action and the interplay of imagined collective and physical presence were at the core of this process. In this performance we share this journey with you, the audience.”

Collaborating artists in 1&1= 1: Ana Paula Albe (Brazil, video artist www.anapaulaalbe.com), Ronaldo Ruiz (The Philippines, visual and performance artist, www.ronaldoruiz.multiply.com ), Archana Prasad (India, new media artist, www.archanaprasad.com ), Vera Maeder (DK, theatre director and choreographer, www.helloearth.cc), Jacob Langaa Sennek (visual design and director, www.helloearth.cc).

Assistance: Pernille Kabell, Signe Allerup, Johanne Kure Kortegaard
Overall concept: Vera Maeder and Jacob Langaa-Sennek

www.helloearth.cc
www.images.dk

The project has been supported by: DCCD/CKU/ MY world images Festival 2010, Danish Arts Council for Performing Arts/ international exchange and DIVA programme, Copenhagen City/ Commission for Performing Arts.