OSOM extended

OSOM extended
Concept: Lucia Mauri
Dance and development: Polina Kliuchnikova, Laura Gagliardi, Marina Bertoni and Lucia Mauri
Music: Lorenzo Barone
Video production and visuals: Sara Koniarek

Production: HUNT Compagnia Danza Contemporanea
Co-production: Hangartfest
Supported by: d.id - dance identity; Ariella Vidach aiep, IDA Bruckner University; Pesaro 2024

“I reflect on the look as a social bond between people and a form of non-verbal communication”
(“The power of the Gaze” Janne Seppänen)


OSOM is a sensorial journey that explores the delicate boundaries between the visible and the invisible, movement and stillness, sound and silence. At the heart of this artistic exploration lies the enigma of the gaze: a gaze that not only sees but also shapes, transforms, and sometimes erases.

The dancers' bodies move in a continuum of appearances and disappearances, defying the laws of optics and human perception. Their presence is palpable, yet constantly escapes, wrapped in a play of light, images, shadows and presences, where immobility itself becomes a revolutionary act.

In OSOM, each element is meticulously woven together to challenge the conventions of performance and observation. The result is a work that lives in the liminal, in that thin line between seeing and being seen, inviting all to reflect on the very meaning of presence, attention and being in the world.
Viewers are invited not only to observe but to actively participate in this dance of presence and absence. The spectator experience is thus transformed: from passive to participant, from external observer to integral component of the work. The audience's decisions, and their glances, become part of the choreography, in a continuous dialogue between 'stage' and 'audience'.
Music and video play crucial roles in this artistic fabric, acting as bridges between bodies and their shadows, between movement and stasis. Sound, now a subtle thread, now a bold protagonist, fills the empty spaces, those same spaces charged with expectation and possibility. The video, meanwhile, punctuates the rhythm of the experience, altering the spectator's temporal and spatial perception, and guiding the eye towards new dimensions of presence.