Horizon

Our lives are constantly hanging by a thread – the thread of time. For Chloé Moglia, hanging in mid-air is a way to live here and now; a way of giving meaning and density to things around us.
Having studied ceramics, trapeze and martial arts, the French performer founded the Rhizome group in 2009. In her performances, she draws on her experiences with martial arts and the trapeze to confront the notion of the void, seeking that special, elusive meaning that is palpable only in silence. Horizon, executed by Moglia herself, is a showstopping, breathtaking performance. A space is condensed into a thin, steel line, asking for our immediate attention. The condition of being suspended in mid-air and hanging on for dear life generates a world of contrasts – above and below, action and rest, the trivial and the tragic. The muscles are revealed in all their vulnerability and strength. A new centre emerges out of the fragments, countering the fragmentation of our daily lives.

Free admission

Two performances per day

Concept - performance: Chloé Moglia
Construction: John Caroll / Paris Quartier d’Eté
Production: Rhizome
Delegated management: Le Quartz, Scène nationale de Brest
Coproduction: Paris Quartier d’Eté
Thanks: Laurence Edelin
Rhizome is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication – Drac de Bretagne, by Region Bretagne for the development of her projects, by Department of Morbihan and the BNP Paribas Fundation.
Chloé Moglia is an associate artist with L’Agora - Évry and Essonne national scene, CCN2 – national choreographic center of Grenoble and she is an accomplice artist of Scènes du Golfe.

Opening to the City is supported by Athens Culture Net, with donation by Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Being suspended involves concentration. Acuity infuses the senses. Time seems suspended as we let go of impressions of the past and projections about the future and focus on the enveloping infinity of the present. With suspension, I seek to feel the changing density of the air and with this shared moment of intensity, I poetically question the weight of particles.