This project aims to discuss the relation between body and space. It debates on how bodies are socially, physically and emotionally affected by space. It also discusses how the space is capable of being transfigured by its appropriation by bodies in movement. The exact moment of in-between body and space is what promotes a change in one's perception, providing the transformation of the existing relationship between these elements. This perception shift may be intangible but possesses the vicissitudes of physical presence. Once it happens in a clear state of consciousness, it can create a strong affectional bond that may change the way one relates with the space.
The investigation started from the contestation of neoliberal logic, which promotes a "spectacularization of images” and an economical takeover of bodies and spaces, as well as undermining their subjectivities. Merleau-Ponty's concept of “chiasm” was an important point for this project. This philosophical concept was transposed into a performance by naming this moment of perception as “in-between”, which is when what is perceived is no longer external, but has not yet been completely absorbed as knowledge.
Through this, the work intends to return to the body its sensitive perception and its identification with space. Each body is unique and that is why the perceptions and productions of space are different. Thus the body can no longer be just a spectator. Space becomes part of the body. And the body becomes a work.