Enrica Camporesi
wpZimmer resident in 2021
Enrica Camporesi (1985°) builds up in her work atmospheres, metaphors and mythologies for the daily practice of sharing meanings that characterize human collectivities. Language(s) being one of those, she currently gives form to Oertaal: oefeningen, a lecture-performance and a participative, playful atelier. Based on her life experience as a non-native speaker and as an outsider in several countries (Lebanon, France, Egypt, Belgium), Enrica interrogates the (making of) framework for references, conventions and contexts that she happens to inhabit.
In her hybrid work she combines performance, theater and storytelling, writing, visuals and strategies such as multilingualism, unreliable/simultaneous translations, live drawings, participative happenings and playful instructions.
Enrica attends the Theater Academy of Maastricht and holds a master’s degree in Arab language, history and literature (University of Venice)
projects
Oef!
“Language is a wonderful instrument. Language is terrible. Language helps us see and navigate the world. But language is also matter in itself, rooted in the world, and when we think about language, we have to use language for the purpose.
Language is also always languages, even within the same language, because we play different roles and constantly switch in language use, even within the same sentence. Comme ca.
We exchange ideas and pass on knowledge through language. Language shapes feelings (just think of declarations of love and baby language). Language builds the politics that describes our entire work and life from cradle to grave: think of laws, instructions, promises, etc.
Language is a rain, a forest, a mountain of poetry and language is also manipulation, abuse of power, exclusion. And sometimes language is emptied by the negligence of daily habits and then it means nothing anymore. Language users often risk falling into the abyss of incomprehension. One word can suffice.
Thud.”
credits
A production by Enrica Camporesi and Platform 0090 (technical and productional assistance, artistic advice); a co-production by C-Takt (Pelt) and De Singel – in creative residency at hetpaleis and Rataplan.
Research, text & performance: Line Mertens & Andrea Rodrigues
Research & scenography: Bert Serneels