Collaboration: Dorit Ehlers, Summer Lodge 2014, July 2014, Nottingham (UK)

The performance green-green-green explores the physical colour phenomenon called metamerism, where a colour pair looks unicoloured in a given light, but may appear different in a changed light situation. It is a play of colour, light and perception.
The performer, in a metameric dress, moves around a room, switching on and off various lamps, positioning herself consciously in the differing light situations, each of which triggers a subtle colour change in the dress. During the performance, the olive green dress changes its appearance, from unicolour, to two-coloured, to three-coloured. The dress can be experienced again and again in different ways, as the different shades are all inherent in the material.
In this piece, text encounters textile. Varying texts set the phenomenon in the context of light, colour and perception. Concurrently, the dress communicates with the light sources present in the room. Some texts are citations of various thinkers, others personal memories. In this way the performance alters perception and explores philosophical and cultural questions, offering audiences an affective and aesthetic experience of light and colour.

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