The hands, the fingers, the skin, the face and the lips. If you remove the masks, the make up and the shells that we, as humans, hide behind, are you left vulnerable? You enter a world where everything is simple. Nothing is unpredictable, nothing is complicated. There is a spotlight on each of the four sections. Why not participate? Are you scared? There is no need to be scared, as performers we ask you to trust us. We ask you to believe in us. Will you do this?
Can you do this? This performance will open your eyes to intimacy and emotions that you feel on an everyday basis. It will allow you to question, in depth, the reality of these feelings.
Intimacy itself is a very subjective term because there are many forms of intimacy. A intimate relationship between a wife and husband would be different compared to a friendship or a common stranger walking past you in a street. Our performance showed a vast dynamic of intimacy, as the jouney through it became more and more intimate, especially with the concept of kiss.
I did think through the physicall acts however such as touching shoulders, holding hands, cuddling and kissing became the main force that enabled our connection into creating the intimacy between stranger and friend.
It allowed us to break free from social boundaries and limitations of what we can and cannot do, in essence to be intimate with strangers. The way in which we delievered a line in asking them to be intimate with us was also very important, and although the audience were reassured it was a performance from the clothes and framing of the stage, it was a great way to make them feel welcome and to feel belonged and comfatable.
