"Re-"

Audio-dance performance is a part of the cycle titled “Passing”, through which the artist explores its

habitus of inner and surrounding landscapes. It started in Slovenia in 2022 and continues in specific

spaces of current residence in Berlin.

The composition is divided into five sections, constructing diverse ambiences and sounds, created

simultaneously with the movement. They present archives of difficult events from the past years

spent in Berlin, from the lack of living and creating space to violent environments that lead to

internalised discomfort. Rather than conveying an isolating path, Martina seeks ways to reverse the

repetitive, harmful set of behaviours. The past events are therefore changed into performative

material, opening an insight into artists living conditions that might be a common story of many

inhabitants.

The piece reveals cyclical inclinations in relation to research of rapidly changing urban spaces. The

initial movement improvisations took place outside, on enormous building sites that serve as both

windows into the expanding city and a manifestation of the gentrification processes. The long

incoming highway A100 and the high building known as Edge East Side or Amazon tower are the

two key locations that were examined.

These investigations were integrated into the choreography, which was composed with butoh

methodology and images of female transcendence found in classical; baroque, and pre-Raphaelites

artworks. The following movement progressed towards erasing physical, spatial, and auditory

barriers to reach across the habitual.

“Re-” creates contrasting atmospheres as a path for the artist's bodily transformation, with the

intention of challenging one's own conditions. The performance delves into cybernetic approaches,

industrial rhythms and invites into altered space. Choreography and performance : Martina Jurak

Production space : Theaterhaus Mitte

Promo video: David Lužar

Sound Design: Golsana Shenasei Light: Torsten Eissrich Martina Jurak ( ) is a multidisciplinary artist from Slovenia who is based in Berlin. They are

educated in visual arts, now sculpting site-specific performances. Their main focuses are fast

changing cities and movement improvisation as creating parallel motions to limiting structures of

the contemporary world. Martina works through dance, sound, drawing, video media and has

presented its work in galleries, residencies and alternative live art institutions in Europe.

https://mjurak.com/ 5-15 Euro (sliding scale)