Nothing Knew
«If we could start again, from nothing, choosing each word carefully,
which ones would we choose?”
From Nothing Knew
which ones would we choose?”
From Nothing Knew
Performance - work in progress
2025 ︎
Concept
Noemi Ferrari & Alan Alpenfelt
Nothing Knew is a piece which aims to connect the blind and the sighted audience in experiencing and creating a world together.
We have the capacity to create reality, and also destroy it. We do it through language and communication. By constructing categories, symbols, myths, rules, we are able to share the sense of things and create a world made to suit our needs, or to exclude others from it.
What kind of reality is the true reality? Who decides it? Or is it just about which one is the more convenient? How quick can reality crumble? How many voices does it take to create a reality?
We want to try and create a reality starting from nothing. Beginning from an empty space, together with the audience, we aim to use the power of language and audio description as ontological core-instruments for the creation of a new world.
Will different points of view create power dynamics? Will we agree on a common world?
The act of describing becomes an act of power, of creation, an attempt of challenging the hierarchy of senses and questioning the politics of presence.
In collaboration with
Ticino in Danza
Nairobi Dance Life Festival - Kenya
Kenyan Soceity for the Blind
Daniel “Mbutch”
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Production scheduled for 2026
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Work in progress
3 July 2025
Dance Life Festival
Nairobi - Kenya
23 July 2025
Maabara, Malindi - Kenya
1 August 2025
National Library
In collaboration with the Kenyan Society for the Blind
Nairobi - Kenya