"A striking contrast between the immensity of a breathtaking landscape and the inner struggle of a woman imprisoned in a small space.
Then there's this box, so small, set up in the heart of the Alpilles, at the hour when the sun goes to sleep. This box will force her to do all sorts of contortions. But once outside, does the woman really free herself? The twists continue to reign over her body. A sign of her inner struggle, she continues to defy the invisible walls.
In Portuguese, Catalan, Sardinian and Occitan, Fora means ‘outside’. Alice Rende's solo combines 2 practices of flexibility and illusionism: enterology (the art of folding your whole body into a box that is obviously too small) & escapology (the art of escaping from your shackles). Despite these striking techniques, we should all recognise ourselves in his tug-of-war!"
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