Being confronted by social media everyday has made me question communication standards of today. A world in which we have a hard time really connecting. A world where feelings of loneliness and alienation are becoming a bigger problem every day.
I came up with a way to combat this. Where church bells used to bring people together in the past I now used gongs to bring people together and they can make music by hitting the gongs for six hours. I won’t move all that time.
Its also about the audience touching my hair.
I braid long braids in my hair and at the end drumsticks are attached. There are gongs in the space that can be played with the drumsticks.
I stand in the space. The audience can participate.
Concept | Michelle Samba
Performance | Michelle Samba, Catarina Paiva en Aez Pinay
Production | Lena Meijer
Costume Design | Akelei Loos
Photos | Heleen Haijtema
With Support of | Station Noord, Ministerie van OCW, We the North, Explore the North, Tryater, Oerol.
