What happens when the vision disappears and we can no longer experience our environment as before? Do the other senses sharpen? Does reality become blurred?
Blindfolded and wearing headphones, participants are guided by hand through a natural environment by a silent companion. Together they embark on a dream-like journey. The companions guide them gently and safely through a parallel world that is fed by binaural sound recordings, synchronised movements and touch. The one-to-one audio performance is an invitation to surrender to one's own inner images, to overcome fears, to observe oneself and to be completely with oneself.
Beyond Vision is an audio performance by Ilona Marti, produced in 2019 for the project Tracks in a Box. Tracks in a Box was curated by B_Tourin collaboration with CLB Berlin, made possible by the kind support of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Idea, text and sound design: Ilona Marti
Voices: Shelley Etkin, Charlotte Happe, Klara Pfeiffer
Guidance:
Shelley Etkin, Camila Rhodi, Sandra Du Carrois, Lisa Mössmer, Elena Ishchenko, Ilona Marti, Maria Sarycheva, Elise Poisson, Evelyn Louise Towlson, Margaux Wolf