“Man in Mall” is a new collaboration between media artist Daniel Landau and choreographer Anat Danieli and is part of their on going “reside-project” research performance platform. The point of departure for their research is to examine the relationship between people and place tracing large social-political processes and their effect on the privet and personal reality. Through processing and abstracting social mechanisms into the building blocks of movement & voice they explore key notions of body, time, and identity.
In “Man in Mall”, reside-project is entering the generic consumer dream world – Stary Browar in Poznan. The Shopping Mall offers a theatrical stage providing a temporary relief to life’s mundane reality inducing people to execute their economic duty and shop. How does individuality find its voice in this jewel construct of capitalism? The 6h a day, three days long performance will blend into the shopping mall fabric and will explore the mall’s transient nature in contrast to its new performing residents.
“Man in Mall” uses a unique process in which filmed faces are projected on large masks and operated by live performers – creating a ‘digital physical consciousness’ – a place where reality and fiction merge, amplifying the sensibility & fragility of the characters presented.
“… The choreography of “Man in Mall” is one of action, positioning and connection: The movement of the body as an extension of the mask and talking head, whereas at times the body physically detaches from the mask and offers a challenging, compensating, or consoling choreographic reality, a place where imaginary reality can exist…”