[2] Integrated into the sleeves of their costumes, the performers’ mobile devices produce melodic, digital sounds. Their movements modulate various effects, altering the sound in real time. The prototype for this sound generator, developed in close collaboration with artist and computer scientist Jonathan Schneider, utilizes the sensors embedded in conventional smartphones. As the performers – Kata Potrykus aka Oyu Ocean and Jan Selçuk – demonstrate the sound tool, visitors accompany them in exploring this novel instrument. With their eyes closed, the performers investigate the sounds generated by their movements. At the same time, their bodies respond to the evolving soundscape, creating a situation of mutual affectivity. The project explores moments of bodily, social, and spatial orientation, drawing inspiration from the decentralized movement patterns of migratory birds and schools of fish.

[3] In Tools and Handiness, Lissy Willberg and Eszter Szöke explore tools and their influence on our interaction with the world. Just as tools evolve from mechanics to programming, the role of humans shifts from active mastery to passive operation. Willberg and Szöke question the characteristics and conventional uses of various tools, raising the following questions: How does a wagon wheel move when it hangs on a wall? Can a smartphone transform an individual movement into a collective one? (excerpt exhibition text)

[4] (Embodied) tools for decentralization, performance in the framework of FABULATIVE LORE: Tools and Handiness at Bistro21, curated by Alicia Franzke and Kay Pommer, 06. März 2025, Leipzig. Photos: Laura Wichmann