The Artists Are Present - Dag 2 route B

Day 2 route B

The Artists Are Present works with two different routes per evening. This way, you can visit two shows per evening and enjoy the pop-up performances in between. Via route 2B you'll first see (don't) look me in the eyes and afterwards visit Sway. The evening is hosted by Robin Nimanong. In between performances you can enjoy Robin's ballroom pop-up, scenes from FUNK by Christan Gueramatchi and Roshanak Morrowatian's solo Gheresh Midam.

(Don't) look me in the eyes - Ainhoa Hernández Escudero

(Don't) look me in the eyes is a dance performance inspired by the story of the Greek myth of Medusa and the Gorgon sisters.

It is a piece for three human performers and two robots that tackles the relationships between bodies and technology and the concept of the monstrous feminine, aiming to reflect on the representations of women identified and queer characters in the foundational narratives of Western culture.

It attempts to displace the issues that the myth triggers into a sci-fi dystopian future, tracing a line that connects past and future to confront some of the problems we are facing in the present we inhabit. 

This performance is currently still a work in progress and will premiere May of 2024.

About Ainhoa Hernández Escudero

Ainhoa Hernández Escudero makes physical and visual work at the intersection of pop, post-internet aesthetics, technology and mainstream culture. She is developing her trilogy Blooming The Saga, in which she brings forward themes of science fiction, dreams, magic and queerness and explores their potential to produce and manifest alternative realities.

In 2023, Ainhoa is working within a New Adventures residency on (don't) look me in the eyes, inspired by the story of Medusa and the Gorgon sisters. Ainhoa thereby questions the representations of women and queer characters in the foundational narratives of Western culture.