A DISTRIBUTED FIELD OF PERCEPTION.
AN UNSTABLE ARCHITECTURE.
A BODY THAT EMERGES THROUGH PRESENCE.

9M² IS AN INSTALLATION THAT EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY, SPACE, AND ATTENTION. WITHOUT PERFORMERS, THE SPECTATOR’S PRESENCE BECOMES THE ONLY AGENT OF ACTION. THE WORK DOES NOT UNFOLD THROUGH NARRATIVE, BUT THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF POSITION, PERCEPTION, AND COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT. MEANING ARISES FROM EMBODIED NEGOTIATION, FROM THE INTERLOCKING OF LIGHT, SOUND, OBJECT, AND ARCHITECTURE.

TWO PHYSICAL ROOMS ESTABLISH UNEQUAL PERCEPTUAL CONDITIONS: AN UPPER LEVEL PROVIDES OVERVIEW AND DISTANCE, WHILE A LOWER LEVEL OFFERS EMBODIED PRESENCE WITH DISTORTED MIRRORS AND REFLECTIVE SURFACES. BETWEEN THEM EXISTS A LIMINAL SPACE—A THRESHOLD OF MOVEMENT, POTENTIAL, AND AMBIGUITY. A VIRTUAL LAYER MAY EXTEND THIS FIELD, REFRAMING PERCEPTION AND OFFERING A FOURTH DIMENSION. NO POSITION OFFERS TOTAL VISIBILITY; EXPERIENCE IS PARTIAL, RELATIONAL, AND SOMATIC.

FOUR HANDCRAFTED PINE CHAIRS AND A STOOL FUNCTION AS PHANTOMS OF ABSENT PERFORMERS. THEY OPERATE AS COGNITIVE AND DRAMATURGICAL AGENTS, ORGANIZING ATTENTION, MAPPING SPACE, AND STRUCTURING RHYTHM WITHOUT ACTION. LIGHT, SOUND, PROJECTION, FURNITURE, AND ARCHITECTURE INTERACT AS CO-EQUAL FORCES, CREATING A SENSORY FIELD WHERE PERCEPTION IS IMMERSIVE, TACTILE, AND ATTENTIVE.

MICRO-VARIATIONS IN LIGHT, SONIC PROXIMITY, AND PROJECTION CALIBRATE AWARENESS OVER TIME. ANY SUGGESTED NARRATIVE EMERGES FROM THE SPECTATOR’S BODILY ENGAGEMENT, NOT FROM INHERENT STORYTELLING. VR COMPONENTS INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL LAYERS—WINDOWS, FIGURES, OR ARCHITECTURAL CUES—EXTENDING PERCEPTION BEYOND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

9M² INVESTIGATES UNSTABLE RELATIONS BETWEEN BODY AND CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS. IT TREATS SPACE AS DRAMATURGICAL SYSTEM RATHER THAN CONTAINER, AND PERCEPTION AS DISTRIBUTED AND UNEQUAL. THE INSTALLATION IS A SYSTEM OF POSITIONS, POSSIBILITIES, AND ATTENTION. BOUNDARIES BETWEEN LIGHT, SOUND, OBJECTS, FURNITURE, AND ARCHITECTURE ARE INTENTIONALLY BLURRED, ALLOWING PRESENCE, DURATION, AND EMBODIED AWARENESS TO EMERGE AS CENTRAL.

CREATIVE TEAM / CREDITS

ARTISTIC DIRECTION: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS AND JOAN LAVANDEIRA
DRAMATURGY: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS AND JOAN LAVANDEIRA
OUTSIDE EYE: KONSTANTINOS MAKRIDAKIS
ART DIRECTION & SCENOGRAPHY: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS AND JOAN LAVANDEIRA
SOUND DESIGN: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS AND JOAN LAVANDEIRA
LIGHTING DESIGN: JOAN LAVANDEIRA
PRODUCTION: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS

WITH THE SUPPORT OF FAB (GRÀCIA).