JA SOM PLACEBO

What really affects us? Our decisions, or patterns that we are not even aware of? We live in a time where we are constantly surrounded by stimuli, information and expectations. How much of what we do is really our own choice? And how many repetitions of learned patterns?

Slovak choreographer and performer Michal Heriban connects contemporary dance, evocative music and physical precision in a hypnotic solo performance about the power of the mind, habits and the possibilities of transformation. I Am a Placebo opens up the questions we may ask ourselves every day but rarely out loud. It explores the relationship between body and mind, the power of our beliefs and the possibility of conscious change. Through precise choreography, improvisation and an impressive musical landscape, he creates a space in which reality merges with what takes place inside us.

The performance opens up questions of identity, memory, free will and how we are shaped by technology, society or our own expectations. Above all, it reminds us that even a seemingly small impulse can be the beginning of a real transformation.

After the performance, there will be a debate and opening of paintings by Michal Heriban PLACEBO PAINTINGS, which he introduces with the words: My artistic work naturally grows out of the same space as my work as a choreographer and performer – from the body, movement and memory that the body carries.

In his paintings I return to my hands and feet. To parts of the body, which for me are not just anatomy, but a tool for communication, work, touch and presence. Hands carry gesture, emotion and intention. The feet carry the movement, the rhythm and the journey.

What is created in time on the stage and disappears after a while, turns into a trace, a record and the possibility to stop the moment in the painting. The paintings thus become a continuation of my scenic thinking – an exploration of the body as a space of memory, experience and wordless narration.

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