The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 4-6
Pictures: Dieter Hartwig
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 4-6 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. At the same timeT he Reversed Alchemist: Figure 4-6 is in search for an emancipatory position against a reality divided into hegemonic categories. In this futuristic ritual Ixchel Mendoza Hernández aims at reversing the fragmentation of perception through an embodied healing process for the present.
Choreography, text and performance: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Dramaturgy: Matthias Mohr | Sound installation and composition: Martin Lutz and Kyan Bayani | Light design and installation: Catalina Fernandez | Video concept and editing: Anna Katharina Weißenfels and Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Recorded video section: Christiane Schniebel | Outside eye: Christina Themeli | Costume design: Malena Modéer | PR: Johannes Fellmann and Jana Lüthje | Production: M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art | Re staging funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe | Premiere funded by Haupstadtkulturfonds |
Restating: August 2021 Berlin, Germany
Premiere: July 2019 Berlin Germany (Under the name The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 1-3)
Choreography, text and performance: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Dramaturgy: Matthias Mohr | Sound installation and composition: Martin Lutz and Kyan Bayani | Light design and installation: Catalina Fernandez | Video concept and editing: Anna Katharina Weißenfels and Ixchel Mendoza Hernández | Recorded video section: Christiane Schniebel | Outside eye: Christina Themeli | Costume design: Malena Modéer | PR: Johannes Fellmann and Jana Lüthje | Production: M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art | Re staging funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe | Premiere funded by Haupstadtkulturfonds |
Restating: August 2021 Berlin, Germany
Premiere: July 2019 Berlin Germany (Under the name The Reversed Alchemist: Figure 1-3)
