In Shows for Extinction we explore the existence of a coming catastrophic event. It is an „extinction“ in its concrete meaning and a metaphor for the extinction of the human ego. Taking inspiration from Isabelle Stengers work, we propose a process in which (ideally) identities are dissolved, and hence fixed attributions as human-animal / human nonhuman are turned into mobile relations. The accent is on becoming, on the transformation of body and form. Could this process of a shedding of one’s own humanness towards a transformation and deterritorialization generate new forms of animism, and be a way of decolonising patterns of thinking?

Shows for Extinction is in process and will be a film and a film installation.

Team

Concept, camera set-up, choreography and performance: Lena Kimming, Liv Schellander and Alexandra Wingate. Co-creators: composer Cha Blasco, director, light and sound designer Eric Sjögren. Valued feedback from: filmmaker Petra Koppla Dahlberg and dance artist Majula Drammeh. This production is supported by: Ställbergs gruva, Riksteatern, BMKÖS Vienna and Västra Götaland Regional Council.