Feet up or I'll shoot!
Considering the posture
and the options for action,
it should be noted
that it makes a lot more sense
to lift up your feet,
since you as a victim
are so much more helpless
than with your hands to the sky.
A dancer, performer, choreographer and video artist
Working for people doing moves as a facilitator and project manager
Started at a young age with contemporary and urban dance
Searching for shapes in between and beyond dance styles and curious to find mixed forms
Exchanging knowledge to create new approaches to body movement
People themselves become the result of design and at the same time designers
Studied BA in film and performance at the University of Fine Arts (HFBK Hamburg)
Dedicating himself artistically in practice and theory to the notion of movement
Not useless moving is not useless
His theoretical work examines the question of a possible „intrinsic life of the movement itself“ and its meaning in the context of performance art
This construct of thoughts deals with the question of responsibility and control
The movement of everyday life is often so familiar to us, that we barely consciously perceive it
Through repetition and alienation, the work is an attempt to make the seemingly familiar movements unfamiliar (and vice versa)
Driven by the question: Who actually controls whom?
Putting every topic in a fundamental relationship to the concept of "movement“
In his experimental video works, he uses the expressive possibilities of bodies and in this way explores our environment
Which "normal" or "abnormal" ideas and ways of moving our bodies apply in everyday life?
Part of the collectives Hä*Wie!? and Taet Vremya
Developing performance formats for the stage, public spaces and exhibitions
Working as a freelancer doing projects and related jobs
Organizing social and cultural events in dance, performance and theatre
Running workshops in the field of motion studies and video art
mail@nilsloefke.com
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A dancer, performer and video artist
Started at a young age with contemporary dance and urban-street-dance
Searching for shapes in between dance-styles and is curious to find creative mixed forms
Exchanges knowledge to create new approaches on body movement
People themselves become the result of design and at the same time a designer
Studied BA in film and performance at the University of Fine Arts (HFBK Hamburg)
Dedicates his artistic issues practical and theoretical to the notion of movement
Not useless moving is not useless
In his video works, he uses the possibilities of bodies and thus researches our environment
Deals with people and the playful that can be shaped through repetition, discipline and conditioning
Focus is on the creation and values
Which "normal" or "abnormal" ideas and ways of moving our bodies apply in everyday life
Trying to approach the relationship between physicality as society and materialism as consumer goods
Empathic gestures, the ambivalent game with taboos and conventions, personal stories and social discourse
To confront the recipient with the limits of his/her perception and challenge them in order to question their own clichés and positions
In his construct of thoughts, the movement has ascribed a life of its own, which deals with questions of responsibility and control
Part of the collectives Hä*Wie!? and Taet Vremya
Developed performance-formats for the stage, public space and exhibition
Works as a freelancer doing projects and related jobs
Organizes social and cultural events in dance, performance and theatre
Runs workshops in the field of motion studies and video art
mail@nilsloefke.com
Instagram
