LOOK

SOULSEARCHING MEDIA

LOOK is a site-specific performance that unfolds within the saturation of contemporary media landscapes. A striving body is gradually overtaken—absorbed into a flow of images, information, and projections that blur the boundaries between self and representation.

As layers accumulate, identity begins to fragment. The face—once a marker of presence—dissolves into a surface shaped by external forces. The work moves through states of hyper-normalisation, where repetition and exposure create a sense of detachment from lived experience.

What remains when perception is mediated to this extent? LOOK traces the tension between visibility and disappearance, questioning how the self is constructed, distorted, and ultimately displaced within a media-saturated environment.

Commissioned by Bolzano Danza, the work was presented in various site-specific contexts across Europe, amongst others at Bolzano Danza, Mittelfest (IT), and La Bequée Festival (FR).

Duration: 20 minutes

Press & Materials

Materials, including the full dossier, are available upon request.

CREDITS
Concept & performance: Anastasia Kostner
Dramaturgical support: Maarten van der Glas

Music: “The Journey” by Illum Sphere (with additional sound manipulation)

Commissioned by: Bolzano Danza / Danza in Vetrina (Emanuele Masi)

Photos: Josef Reuzer, Bolzano Danza (Luca Meneghei)

Many thanks to: Emanuele Masi / Bolzano Danza (IT), 4bid gallery OT 301 (NL), Mittelfest in Cividale (IT), La Bequée Festival (FR), A-LAB in Amsterdam (NL).

Fotos: Bolzano Danza (Luca Meneghei), Josef Reuzer