The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 4-6

The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 4-6

The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 4-6 IS A CHOREOGRAPHIC RITUAL IN THREE PARTS, AN INVITATION TO AN ALCHEMICAL PROCESS THAT SEEKS TO TRANSFORM PERCEPTION INSTEAD OF MATTER. STARTING FROM THE PHENOMENON OF "INFORMATION OVERLOAD", IXCHEL MENDOZA HERNÁNDEZ TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A CHOREOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND SPACE, FOCUSING HER ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SENSORY AND COGNITIVE EXPERIENCE. "THE REVERSED ALCHEMIST: FIGURE 1-3" ESTABLISHES A POETIC LINK BETWEEN INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION, REFLECTING ON HOW OUR PERCEPTION HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND WHAT CONSEQUENCES THIS HAS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR BODY AND OUR MIND.

Choreography, performance, text: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Dramaturgy: Matthias Mohr
Sound installation / composition: Martin Lutz and Kyan Bayani
Light design / installation: Catalina Fernandez
Video concept & editing: Anna Katharina Weißenfels and Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Recorded video section: Christiane Schniebel
Outside eye: Christina Themeli
Costume design: Malena Modéer
PR: Johannes Fellmann /Jana Lüthje
Production: M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe

Premiere: August 2021 Berlin, Germany

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Trailer Ixchel Mendoza Hernandez

All pictures: Dieter Hartiwig