I watched Dimitris Papaioannou’s 2011 durational work Inside via Vimeo. You can watch it here.
One hour in. The patterns of movement are beautiful, subtle. When bodies overlap through spaces, they appear to be in conversation with one another - one person sits on the bed, the one lying in it adjusts, pulling up the blanket. The performers are in their own spaces, unaware of one another and yet in relationship.
The view out the window changes, and the feeling of the space changes with it, although nothing actually changes. You look away, do something else for a moment, and are surprised when you come back and the room is full, or empty.
Although the actual pace of the movements doesn’t change, the feeling of their pace seems to quicken when there are more people in view, and slow when there are fewer. It tricks the mind.
When we reach moments where the performers really do connect physically, the emotional narrative floods forward.
I’m at two hours, and continuing to watch…but want you to start too.