Carla Collevecchio’s research project investigates the role of the moving body as a critical mediator in the synthesis of the arts. Through rigorous archival research, it constructs a transhistorical web of interconnected events, mapping ideas, fragments, individuals, movements, theories, and documents that have traversed time and space. This process not only flattens historical narratives but also uncovers new associations when viewed through a contemporary lens. Building upon this mapped network, a selection of these fragments is recontextualized and layered into a performative experiment. A series of rehearsals will explore the emergence of a novel, transdisciplinary methodology, retracing the intersections of the arts through the body as a situated, spatial, and material event.
Without the body there is no space, nor architecture to be perceived. This assumption is as obvious as it is radical. Space influences movements and behaviors, so it must be designed with fully awareness of its consequences and impact on living. What is the effect that space can have on body movement? How can body movement affect the creation of space itself? What are the mechanisms to choreograph this inseparable relation between body and space?
In this interdisciplinary project Collevecchio is working together with Lotta Lundsted – textile design (Creative studies Umu), Carlos Rada De Moniz – music & composition (Creative studies Umu), Jonas Olsson – light design (Creative studies Umu), Karolina Kowalska – Choreography and dance, Samuel Pettersson -Photography, Albert Berglung – Video making, Carl Papworth – graphic design (Umeå Institute of design Umu), Hanna Kangassalo – Writer/communicator .
