Acting is most often
evaluated based on what we manage to produce or finish and
such understanding is corroborated by foundations built
towards progress and infinite production. however, in an
overload of speed, man-made kitsch and glossy violence, these
foundations and construction can no longer be used as a basis
for something we will keep relying on. The making of new
protocols, as well as those we already act within, defines
more and more obviously the way a body is supposed to move and
what its actions should become to be recognised as valuable.
That is why Jakob in his work starts from a place where this
predicted movement is stopped and transformed, destroyed and
where space opens for new forms of movement. Jakob is a
performer who doesn’t prioritise building fixed forms; rather,
by multiplying he is attempting to intervene into the
performance space differently every time. The presence of
disobedience during a performance always provides a focused
construction of a possible existence in a creatively built
system that nevertheless knows its soft limits and decisions
well enough to open the field of play. In his works, Jakob
calls for an active observation, offering responsibility.
First and foremost, Jakob is a performer who maintains his
inner world unequivocally and subtly immerses all the present
parties deep into his world, where he reveals the capability
not to impose a predefined order to chaos and entropy, but
instead to develop a system which can remain open and which is
subject to constant change and turmoil.
Dora Brkarić
Sound Feeding the Soul like
Fertilizer is Jakob's new work in progress that is going to be
performed in Zagreb for the first time. Jakob will be sharing
the material that takes the notion of ‘duty’ as a starting point
and seeks to explore it from various different angles and in
different arenas. How does the principle of duty shape the
relationships one has with their surroundings, with people, with
one's self, with a cause, with the state, with faith? Rather
than trying to propose rational or logical responses, the work
seeks to embrace the obscure and grotesque qualities that lie
within body and self.
In association with Močvara Gallery
Choreography and Performance: Jakob Wittkowsky
Artistic Advisors: Friederike Kötter, Raoni/Muzho Saleh
Much thanks to Jakoozi Amsterdam
Acting is most often
evaluated based on what we manage to produce or finish and
such understanding is corroborated by foundations built
towards progress and infinite production. however, in an
overload of speed, man-made kitsch and glossy violence, these
foundations and construction can no longer be used as a basis
for something we will keep relying on. The making of new
protocols, as well as those we already act within, defines
more and more obviously the way a body is supposed to move and
what its actions should become to be recognised as valuable.
That is why Jakob in his work starts from a place where this
predicted movement is stopped and transformed, destroyed and
where space opens for new forms of movement. Jakob is a
performer who doesn’t prioritise building fixed forms; rather,
by multiplying he is attempting to intervene into the
performance space differently every time. The presence of
disobedience during a performance always provides a focused
construction of a possible existence in a creatively built
system that nevertheless knows its soft limits and decisions
well enough to open the field of play. In his works, Jakob
calls for an active observation, offering responsibility.
First and foremost, Jakob is a performer who maintains his
inner world unequivocally and subtly immerses all the present
parties deep into his world, where he reveals the capability
not to impose a predefined order to chaos and entropy, but
instead to develop a system which can remain open and which is
subject to constant change and turmoil.
Dora Brkarić
Sound Feeding the Soul like
Fertilizer is Jakob's new work in progress that is going to be
performed in Zagreb for the first time. Jakob will be sharing
the material that takes the notion of ‘duty’ as a starting point
and seeks to explore it from various different angles and in
different arenas. How does the principle of duty shape the
relationships one has with their surroundings, with people, with
one's self, with a cause, with the state, with faith? Rather
than trying to propose rational or logical responses, the work
seeks to embrace the obscure and grotesque qualities that lie
within body and self.
In association with Močvara Gallery
Choreography and Performance: Jakob Wittkowsky
Artistic Advisors: Friederike Kötter, Raoni/Muzho Saleh
Much thanks to Jakoozi Amsterdam