Sylvia Eckermann und Gerald Nestler

The metabolism between the inner nature of humans and the nature surrounding them is dysfunctional. In an age of accelerating extractivism, we seem to have become aliens in an environment that we rely on for survival but is steadily fighting back against our behaviour. The mixed-media performance Like a Ray in Search of its Mirror responds to this rift in the world with a planetary diversity in search of “alien collectives.” Besides the human participants, also plants, fungi, animals, landscapes, bodies of water, and AI populate a virtual space as a cosmological, closely knit community. A virtual membrane between the Internet and the real space of Forum Frohner invites unexpected encounters.

During the performance, the meshwork of on-site feeds from the exhibition space is collected and edited live by a video artist, and the resulting stream is broadcasted on various online channels. After the performance, the video is shown in the exhibition during donaufestival.