Concept and research:
Maria Brænder and Thulani Rachia
Light and sound:
Maria Brænder and Thulani Rachia
Performers:
Claus Otto, John Lemke, Maria Brænder and Thulani Rachia
Costume design:
Laura Thompson, Maria Brænder and Thulani Rachia
Mirror Me - Mirror You (2016)
Performance Installation, The Glue Factory, Glasgow
If you can’t find the truth where you are, where else do you expect to find it. There is a part of us that knows eternity as surely as we know our own name. We only have to ask for the truth and we will learn that it is found in the mirror… - Jack Kornfield.
This work investigates the materiality of the MIRROR as a reflective object with a two-dimensional surface, while using these material properties to explore the interplay of socio-political and historical factors and subjectivity. Looking at the MIRROR specifically as a metaphor for the fluctuating state of modern life, we ask: how does constant change affect the individual? What is it doing to the concept of personality?
Photographs taken by Laura Thompson