2 Poems (Penumbra)
2 Poems are a play between text, texture and technics. They explore the act of reading – of recognizing and misrecognizing symbols and of assigning meaning through difference and semblance. They are staged as encounters between words and bodies that are meant to unsettle processes of meaning-making.
In Penumbra, viewers are invited to stand within a spotlight and read a text within their own shadow. The possibility of reading is only activated through bodily presence. It counters the logic of knowledge as enlightenment – to know is to shine a light on something. Instead, it prompts us to look for meaning precisely in spaces where the arrival of light is obstructed.
