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Awarded contemporary circus piece Thin Skin is a meditative work of movement installation. The world as a graphic model, a landscape of lines. Metal rods intertwine in space with the bodies of the performers, who sensitively receive the physical responses of the material – their partner. Moving sculptures appear and disappear. The circus artists come to terms with a fragility and vulnerability that can only be felt through thin skin.
“We are fascinated by the behaviour of the material, the movement of the suspended rod almost hypnotizes us. Certain movements can irreversibly affect the shape of the trapeze bar and create new conditions of non-stability to which we must adapt. We come to terms with a fragility and vulnerability that can only be felt through thin skin.”
Trapeze artist Eliška Brtnická has long been engaged in artistic research in the field of contemporary circus. She asks questions about what a trapeze is, what forms it can take, how it reflects on the movement of the body and what this movement conveys to the spectator. Her work is characterized by strong visual elements, which is why her new project is presented in the context of the gallery. In Thin Skin, for which she invited Alžběta Ticha and Filip Zahradnický, she focused on the trapeze as a kinetic and action sculpture. The trapeze was deconstructed, its parameters radically changed and the main protagonist became a long thin iron rod.
Direction: Eliška Brtnická (Czechia)
Performers: Alžběta Tichá, Lukas Bliss, Eliška Brtnická
Sound design: Stanislav Abrahám, Roman Džačár
Lighting design: Martin Špetlík
Costumes: Tereza Kopecká
Materials: Prokop Vondruška
Consultation: Ilona Jäntti, Stéphanie N’Duhirahe, Markéta Vacovská, Hana Turečková
Producer: Cirkus Mlejn, z.s.
Co-producer: DOX
Financial support: The City of Prague, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
Partners: KD Mlejn, Cirqueon, Diod Jihlava, Metropolis.dk
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18th-21st Feb, 2025
Tickets from: Oulu Culture Centre Valve, Ticketmaster.fi
Tickets: 25/20/15 € (+ Ticketmaster processing fees)
Performances in Oulu Culture Centre Valve, Hallituskatu 7
For adult and children 8+
Duration: 60 min.
Photos: Anna Benháková
