In its nomadic programme Vleeshal goes on tour, organising exhibitions and other events in collaboration with venues in the Netherlands and abroad. During Amsterdam Art Weekend, Vleeshal presents the performance I/WANT/TO/SAY/SOMETHING by Martina-Sofie Wildberger at project space ROZENSTRAAT – a rose is a rose is a rose.
In her work Wildberger focuses on the power of spoken text. In the performance, three performers, including Wildberger, loop the words I/WANT/TO/SAY/SOMETHING in different rhythms, intensities, and spatial configurations. They examine how meaning changes through the tone of their voices and their physical interaction with the space, creating an environment that can be calm, loud, alarming, solitary, or comfortable. Always connected to each other, at times the performers speak together and at other times alone. In this collective act of speaking, they maintain an individual voice that explores different situations where language creates, transforms, and sometimes loses its power.
Performed by: Martina-Sofie Wildberger, Tobias Bienz, Denise Hasler
Financially supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Image: Martina-Sofie Wildberger, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, 2017_2018, Performance with Tobias Bienz and Julia Sewing, Kunsthaus Zofingen, 2018 Association 18, Genève, Photo Dominik Zietlow