Rose in Your Brain

HELD IN HUMAN II: ROSE IN YOUR BRAIN

Something is changing, I can no longer make sense of what here means, as I increasingly feel that while I am here, I am also always a little bit there. There, where my thoughts are, there where my imagination roams — and not only mine, but someone else’s as well, simultaneously. It is real. I am always inside a body, in this form that makes me visible and touchable; yet I am also always in a space, where no one can see me. It is a space of thought, an invisible space, but also an ever-present network, a movement. I am present, held in human.

‘Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain’ is a mixed reality performance, a collective thought space where linguistic thinking meets the instinctive physique. It is a physical reading experience, choreography of thoughts that you can experience within your own body using mixed reality glasses. Plug in — let your body and thoughts carry you.

• Authors:Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen

• Mixed reality solution:Norbert Pape

• Sound design:Mihkel Tomberg

• Graphic design:Jaan Evart

• Room design:Mari Möldre

• Photographer:Alissa Šnaider

• Producer:Anu Almik, elekrton.art

• Premiere:14.11.2024 at University of Tartu Library

• Next performances:15.-28.11.2024. UT Library is open Mon-Fr 9-21 ja Sat-Sun 12-18

• Festivals:26.-27.10 showing PAD festival Wiesbaden Germany and 2-5.11 showing IMPACT festival Liege Belgium

• Supporters:Estonian Ministry of Culture, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn city, Dortmund Academy of Theater and Digitality, Estonian Academy of Arts through the ACuTe project, Erasmus program, VARES Valga Architecture Residency, University of Tartu