





Swing (2024)
performance installation
30’
collaborators: Kovina Andrić (performer), Tamara Stanković (costumes), Vasso Vu (soundscape)
curator: Svetlana Mladenov
Danube Dialogues 2024
location: Petrovaradin Fortress
Novi Sad, Serbia
performance installation
30’
collaborators: Kovina Andrić (performer), Tamara Stanković (costumes), Vasso Vu (soundscape)
curator: Svetlana Mladenov
Danube Dialogues 2024
location: Petrovaradin Fortress
Novi Sad, Serbia
30’
collaborators: Kovina Andrić (performer), Tamara Stanković (costumes), Vasso Vu (soundscape)
curator: Svetlana Mladenov
Danube Dialogues 2024
location: Petrovaradin Fortress
Novi Sad, Serbia
Swing is performed in one of the underground tunnels of the Petrovaradin fortress, in
a sheltered, dark, otherworldly climate, that contasts the openness of the
world above. This space, heavy with the presence of bats, becomes a stage for
an exploration of phisical and emotional spaces that we have outgrown but are hesitant
to leave. Bats become symbols of the comfort zone's complex duality, as creatures
that thrive in the darkness, hanging in suspended stillness—perfectly emboding
the delicate balance between safety and entrapment.
Blending aerial and Butoh dance
with a swing structure restrained by short chains that prevent it from swinging
freely, the piece transforms a familiar childhood object into a different symbol.
The performers, constantly wispering something into each others ears, move
slowly, intertwined, supporting one another. Like a dream barely remembered, a
distant memory suspended in time, the performance unfolds in an atmosphere
where everything feels delicate, lingering between rising and falling. The
piece is ultimately about longing for a gentler, more harmonious world – a
meditation on utopia. It ends with the fall of the swing, and a descent into
deeper tunnels.
Swing is performed in one of the underground tunnels of the Petrovaradin fortress, in
a sheltered, dark, otherworldly climate, that contasts the openness of the
world above. This space, heavy with the presence of bats, becomes a stage for
an exploration of phisical and emotional spaces that we have outgrown but are hesitant
to leave. Bats become symbols of the comfort zone's complex duality, as creatures
that thrive in the darkness, hanging in suspended stillness—perfectly emboding
the delicate balance between safety and entrapment.
Blending aerial and Butoh dance with a swing structure restrained by short chains that prevent it from swinging freely, the piece transforms a familiar childhood object into a different symbol. The performers, constantly wispering something into each others ears, move slowly, intertwined, supporting one another. Like a dream barely remembered, a distant memory suspended in time, the performance unfolds in an atmosphere where everything feels delicate, lingering between rising and falling. The piece is ultimately about longing for a gentler, more harmonious world – a meditation on utopia. It ends with the fall of the swing, and a descent into deeper tunnels.
Blending aerial and Butoh dance with a swing structure restrained by short chains that prevent it from swinging freely, the piece transforms a familiar childhood object into a different symbol. The performers, constantly wispering something into each others ears, move slowly, intertwined, supporting one another. Like a dream barely remembered, a distant memory suspended in time, the performance unfolds in an atmosphere where everything feels delicate, lingering between rising and falling. The piece is ultimately about longing for a gentler, more harmonious world – a meditation on utopia. It ends with the fall of the swing, and a descent into deeper tunnels.
Photographs by Vasso Vu