AURA examines the relationship between theater, games and reality, as well as the world-making potential of shared imagination.

The performance also raises the question of what emerges in a group beyond the sum of its members.

Similarly to Hollow’s previous works, the audience does not remain outsiders: This time they are immersed in an imaginary journey, the story, the landscapes and the characters of which are evoked through poetics, media art, contemporary dance, role-playing, experimental electronic music and singing.

The starting point for the performance was an international research, in which the three artists investigated the functioning and world-building strategies of grassroots communities in Eastern Europe. During the intuitive and experience-based research process, they also experimented with the creation of a collective body and shared consciousness, through which they also aimed to reinterpret the functioning of their own group.

AURA is based on Hollow’s research project ‘Paracosmic Friend’.

Music: Thea Soti, Yinna

Performers: Márton Glaser, Imola Kacsó, Gyula Muskovics, Tamás Páll, Viktor Szeri, Thea Soti, Yinna, Imre Vass

Photos by: Daniel Szalai