Festival ACROSS - "REF" - Performance von vAL

*English version below

"REF" - a performance by vAL

REF (2024) is a performative solo by vAL that explores the excess urgency of activity. In a public garden, REF uses the physical language of popular sports to disrupt a body trapped in the games of a game that cannot be won. To the melodic strains of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land", REF questions whether countries are made for anyone at all. In times that seem to be over, the pursuit of change is the only goal that remains.

we are on top 0 | nothing

+ the ball dribbles home with nobody.

Countless shots one after the other

running against the wind, restless

... what are we actually playing here?

what else is there to win,

if life = game?

surging bodies multiply,

game points + matt checked

what is the score if we,

slide into nothing but the net?

.... what is actually being played here?

Flags down.

Hands tied.

We need a whistle.

Call it ref.

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ACROSS Festival at Galerie Wedding

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[ENGLISH]

"REF" - A performance by vAL

REF (2024) is a live performative solo from vAL that tackles the redundant urgency of activity. Contained in a public garden, REF uses the physical language of popular sports to derail a body trapped in the plays of a game that cannot be won. Looming under the melodic rambles of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," REF confronts the thought of land being made for anyone at all. In days that seem done, the pursuit of change is the only goal that remains.

we're up zer0 | none

+ the ball is dribbling home with no one.

taking countless swing after swing

running at the wind, uneasy

...what are we playing at?

what is there left to gain,

when life = game?

waving bodies multiplying,

match points + mates checked

what's the score when we're,

sliding into nothing but net?

....what are we playing at?

flags down.

hands bound.

we need a whistle.

call it ref.

valwashere.com

ACROSS Festival at Galerie Wedding