Urška Centa, choreographer and dancer, and Domen Novak, actor, lead the sound and movement based performance with a pure instinct of curiosity, which creates connections and weaves relationships between them. The images, drawn from different personal time periods of the two co-creators, dissect their performing identities and reflect a search for mutual contact and an exploration of their coexistence and interdependence.

They understand the garden as a playground, a microcosm of human interactions, a space for building community, exploring different constellations of relationships, and offering invitations. Together, they observe the far-reaching and chain-like nature of reactions within and beyond it, emphasizing the role of the senses in shaping human experience.

In the performance, the human body, as an instrument, is intertwined with various inter- and transdisciplinary structures that perceive the ways in which our lives are interconnected. These structures refer both to the performers and to the broader construction of an internal network shared with those present in the space, invoking a structural logic of nature that emerges from an awareness of the deep interconnectedness of the individual and the environment. The performance also subtly reflects the social value of human dependence on nature. Nurturing the garden becomes a metaphor representing a cultural value for the artists—one that continually connects them, as individuals, to all living things and offers them the opportunity to experience a more acute presence in the world.

Co-creators and performers: Urška Centa, Domen Novak
Concept: Urška Centa
Dramaturgy: Nik Žnidaršič
Space design: Lučka Centa, Urška Centa, Domen Novak
Lighting design: David Cvelbar
Costume design: Draž
Photography: Lucija Helena
Graphic design: Rok Marinšek
Production: Zavod NEST
Co-financed by: City Municipality of Ljubljana