Theatre is an ancient tool: far from being a simple performance space, it can also be experienced as a laboratory for experimenting with other forms of action. Not a place for ‘pretending’ – but a place of truth. A place where the human being can revive the enigma of being a living body, on the edge between the visible and the invisible. Working in tandem with Gestalt therapist Marie José de Aguair, we’ll be looking together for that form of intelligence we might call organicity.

When a human being connects to the organic current, his or her attitude changes. It is no longer the mind that directs and the body that obeys: intuition and action become one. Often the actor – that is, the human being in action – is the first to be astonished: it’s me, and at the same time it’s something else. He realises that he is whole, while at the same time relating to others. Vulnerable and majestic at the same time, he is no longer trying to express something: he is. Through research on the body and the voice, this work will be an opportunity to recharge our batteries, take time out for ourselves and reconnect with our roots.

The current state of the world demands a complete overhaul of the way we act. At the same time, the overabundance of information is giving rise to a feeling of great insecurity: where is the noise coming from? How can we hear the signals that have value? Above all, are we capable of acting accordingly and mastering the transformations underway? There is a natural need to project ourselves beyond the saturated, noisy present.

Ekimetrics responds to this need by using algorithms to collect billions of pieces of data, in an attempt to identify signals in the flow. From March to November 2019, Nour Awada and Luca Giacomoni conducted an immersion study involving personal interviews with thirteen data scientists and weekly workshops focusing on a key issue: when it comes to interpreting past data, what information is valuable and what is unimportant? In other words, how do you separate the noise from the signal?