BY YOUR SIDE is an experimental performance that explores listening and presence. Though walking we practice to listen to yourself, the surroundings and self. I invite the audience to participate in a performance walk to explore listening as a tool for connecting with the surroundings. We will practice active listening that includes the whole body as a way to blur the line between the body and the rest of the world. We walk in silence. And at some point, we stop, choose a place to sit or stand or lie down, and we close our eyes. Participants are welcome to leave at any point as long as it’s done in presence.

Questions asked: Who are you in relation to the world? How do you request to be a part of it?
How do you listen with your energy? Can you expand your presence and blur the line between yourself and the surroundings? How do we change the hierarchy between environment and self? Is it possible to create a mycelium network through listening? Is it possible to get rid of ourselves?

How: I welcome the participants and give them a short introduction to listening as a performance tool and guide them through some grounding techniques. After this, we begin the walk in silence.