«Scalable Skeletal Escalator» was part of the jury's Final Selection. As it is not possible to present it on stage, The Field will present their projects during a session entitled «Lunch with the Field».
«Scalable Skeletal Escalator» is an experimental artistic work by Isabel Lewis in collaboration with the collective The Field and the performer Rafał Pierzyński. The production was inspired by the theories of Dr. Lynn Margulis, an evolutionary biologist who considers cooperative and symbiotic relationships between species the driving force of evolution. Taking this theory as its point of departure, «Scalable Skeletal Escalator» is choreographically devised in the form of a holobiont, a complex and organic assemblage, examples of which include the human body. In performative moments and physical (inter-)action, The Field question western, intellectually-focused systems of thought, especially the negation of physical «vitality». By activating all the senses available during a performance, both the performers and the viewers are invited to (re-)discover their individual bodies and the body which is formed collectively, engaging in various sensual experiences.
