we are the compost

This performance research does not aim to produce new material but rather uses old, forgotten, and “rotten” material to re-examine the multiple possibilities of performance. The starting point for this composted performance made in 2021 is the material from BADco.’s performances Is There Life on Stage? (2012) and Nature Needs to be Constructed (2013). The composted performance layers the remains of notes and memories related to a segment from one of the performances mentioned above, and reflections on everyday life further complement it during the pandemic. Užbinec has also composted a costume from 2012, which they have symbolically revived with newly inhabited microorganisms.

short breath score

inhale: do not care for proximity. exhale: inhale like others do. sigh: have a plan. exhale: do not ask for space. inhale: make a pause. exhale. inhale: open your eyes. exhale: at fifty per cent. inhale: exercise. exhale: exercise. inhale: help yourself through exhalation. hang on. exhale: repeat. inhale: care about proximity. sigh: have a plan. exhale: look for space. inhale: stay. exhale: open your eyes. inhale: at fifty per cent. exhale: rest. inhale: test yourself. exhale: test the air. inhale: test the heat. exhale: test in the corner. inhale: push through moisture. inhale: test the gap. exhale: test the density of the gap at height. inhale: try essential locations. exhale: check progress. inhale: increase moisture. exhale: accelerate. inhale: accelerate. exhale: increase moisture. inhale: look once, twice. exhale: do not think how long it lasts. inhale: care about the proximity. exhale: feel the chemistry at a distance. inhale: look once, twice. exhale: breathe the room out.