Metaphor, Not a Metaphor
a dance performance by Julyen Hamilton and Maria Pisiou
A series of memories criss-crossing through the park
The bench and the seated ones, like the memory in the mind
A foggy day - a foggy night -
A series of conversations,
words and answers
Investigations without crimes
A bell in the sunlight
casting light upon a wall full of notes
archives spread like paper
flat amidst the howling of time.
A thought
a walk
an action
and then another action
faster than thought.
.
.
Please
and remember.
Metaphor, Not a Metaphor is an instant composition dance performance dealing with the fluidity of memory. By using text, movement, and objects, the performers compose instant memories at the time of the performance and let them exist in the space (through time) in order to deconstruct, reconstruct and, finally, mess them up. Gradually, the dynamic, fluid, and fragile(emotional) experience of memory is delineated.
Creation, Performance: Julyen Hamilton, Maria Pisiou
Premiered at 12th Athens Video Dance Project, December 2021, Athens, Greece
With the support of Home of Performance Practices, Erasmus+, 4bid Gallery