Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain

‘Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain’ is a mixed reality performance, authors Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen.

Flower seed inside you
Rose inside you
Flowering and prickling
Rose in your brain

Something is changing, I can no longer make sense of what here means, as I increasingly feel that while I am here, I am also always a little bit there. There, where my thoughts are, there where my imagination roams — and not only mine, but someone else’s as well, simultaneously. It is real. I am always inside a body, in this form that makes me visible and touchable; yet I am also always in a space, where no one can see me. It is a space of thought, an invisible space, but also an ever-present network, a movement. I am present, held in human.

‘Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain’ is a mixed reality performance, a collective thought space where linguistic thinking meets the instinctive physique. It is a physical reading experience, choreography of thoughts that you can experience within your own body using mixed reality glasses. Plug in — let your body and thoughts carry you.

Authors: Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen
Mixed reality solution: Norbert Pape
Sound design: Mihkel Tomberg
Graphic design: Jaan Evart
Room design: Mari Möldre
Photographer: Alissa Šnaider
Producer: Anu Almik, elektron.art

Language: English
Duration: 30 minutes
The performance can be experienced by one person at a time.

Tickets: 7 EUR on sale at Fienta

Premiere: 14.11.2024 between 12 and 19.
Next performances: 15-28 November Mon-Fri between 11-20 and Sat, Sun between 12-18. A new show starts every half hour.
The performances take place at the University of Tartu Library.

Supporters: Estonian Ministry of Culture, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn city, Dortmund Academy of Theater and Digitality, Estonian Academy of Arts through the ACuTe project, Erasmus program, VARES Valga Architecture Residency, University of Tartu