SPEAK UP
(2016)

In ‘SPEAK UP!’ I am interested in the narrative plane, the rhythm and the acoustic articulation of language. Four performers present and repeat 17 text fragments following a specific set of rules. They walk the length of the space, meet for a dialogue, a verbal exchange, during a crescendo speaking chorus involving the entire group. Combining fragments from advertising slogans, political rhetoric and everyday phrases; they explore the spectrum of oral expressions of opinion. Through testing and improvising these different dialogue situations, a sociocultural landscape emerges which is in constant movement.