As a performance artist with a scientific background in biological anthropology, I am currently working on “Consciousness in Relation: Homo Kemoni”, a trans- and interdisciplinary neurobiological performance project.
This artistic-scientific performance deals with the levels of consciousness and the levels of relationships as well as the transformative interactions between the different levels. Together with Lucia Callen (performance artist and PhD neuroscientist) and Scharmien Zandi (musician, composer), we want to use the scenic languages of Butoh dance, clowning, physical theater and music to investigate processes of consciousness and connect them with a scientific-philosophical narrative. We are interested in natural altered states of consciousness, which we want to make visible by means of scientific imaging methods and, in a further process, develop artistic projections that invite us on a visual journey through human consciousness. For this project, we are looking for cooperation partners from the fields of science and (artistic) technology who can help us visualize these states. Our project will be shown at the Theater Arche in Vienna in autumn 2024, with several performance days in September and November.