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A mirror in which a schoolyard is reflected can be seen through a mirrored tunnel. photo: should-I-know

ohne Titel (2021)

should-I-know had a residency at the Herderschule in cooperation with the Mousonturm in Frankfurt am Main. The focus was on reflective surfaces in the school and the bodies' reactions to them.

The aim of the residency was to explore disturbances in the school rooms. To do this, should-I-know used reflective material and lined a niche on the first floor of the school with rescue foil. On the 2nd floor, the glass doors were lined with mirrored cardboard. The actions had no title, but everyone involved with the school could come up with their own names for them.

It has turned out that the usual path of the people in the school is changed by the "mirroring disturbances" in the school building. The bodies jump, turn and dance in the space. They mirror with the reflection and one sees oneself and others as new.

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Herder-Residenz at Tanzplattform Rhein-Main

Dates

October, November 2021 | daily | IGS Herder, Frankfurt am Main

Cornelius stands in the rehearsal room and holds a hexagonal mirror in front of his face. Tümay's face can be seen in the mirror. Both bodies are visually connected. photo: should-I-know
A performer has a round mirror for a face. He opens the center of his shirt with his hands, revealing a reflective surface. photo: should-I-know
A mirror in which a schoolyard is reflected can be seen through a mirrored tunnel. photo: should-I-know
In the schoolyard, a hand lets a large reflective surface hang down from the balcony on the wall of the building. photo: should-I-know
A performer with a mirror for a face kneels in front of two pupils in the schoolyard and looks at them. photo: should-I-know
Two small round mirrors are installed at the checkroom in the school corridor. photo: should-I-know
The wall and the archway of the room are lined with reflective foil right up to the ceiling. photo: should-I-know
Pupils are reflected in the wall covered with reflective foil. photo: should-I-know
From a classroom, the view falls through the open door into the completely mirrored room of the Herderschule. photo: should-I-know
should-I-know (Tümay Kılınçel and Cornelius Schaper) pose in black clothing in a room completely lined with reflective foil. photo: should-I-know
The two parts of should-I-know stand in the middle of their reflective installation. photo: should-I-know

Credits

artistic direction

Tümay Kılınçel

artistic direction

Cornelius Schaper

Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, a project of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Hessian State Ballet, is made possible by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and is funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art and the Foundation Alliance [Aventis Foundation, BHF Bank Foundation, Crespo Foundation, Hans Erich and Marie Elfriede Dotter Foundation, Dr. Marschner Foundation, Foundation Polytechnic Society Frankfurt am Main].