Cultivating Response-ability – Occupying Space by Ski Suit-ing an Artistic Dialogue by Lux Sauer is the outcome of a research process and artistic exploration in which Sauer faced circumstances that provoked urgent questions: how to cultivate an artistic practice within a non-responsive environment? Or how to cultivate a space that can safely hold a creative process? How to cultivate response-ability? The resulting work is a site-specific installation that uses ski suits, latex, birch tree bark, and pine tree needles. It was conceived in the context of 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈, 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈, the final show of the 11th edition of Rupert’s Alternative Education Programme.

Lux Sauer (NL) is an Utrecht-based dance maker expanding the field of contemporary dance by combining somatics, choreography and visual art. Lux specialises in queering the anatomy of togetherness. His talents as a gender non-conforming human and as an ‘artivist’ lie in pushing boundaries, queering spaces and challenging the dominant gaze in order to activate sociopolitical discourses. 

Lux Sauer carries a wide range of personal and professional tools, lived experiences and queer agency that informs his artistic practice. In his artistic research and teaching, He is striving to common the ground by applying somatic practice, intuitive thinking and non-hierarchical methodologies. Always following the urge to explore transformative methodologies and reshape spaces of creation. Sauer’s playful curiosity comes together in a mix of different practices where movement, voice, tactile material, choreographic instructions and audience involvement are part of the whole piece. The performative proposal invites the practitioner and the spectator to meet in an intimate experience. His work ranges from intimate one-on-one performances to larger choreographic exhibitions, always integrating a dialogue with the audience.

Premiere: Rupert (LT), 2023
Part of Re-Imagine Europe – New Perspectives for Action. Co-funded by the European Union.
This work is available for touring.
For further enquiries, contact: info@rupert.lt