Helen Rekkor: MAKE SPACE

Scenography as an instantaneous event, not a finished space. Fabrics, overhead projectors, random or deliberately chosen objects, and the bodies of visitors form a constantly changing image. The visitor does not only look at the installation, but they themselves become a part of it and also a scenographer.

With a few movements, a whole world can be created. A piece of glass, lace, film, plant, hand, thread or feather placed on the surface of an overhead projector can become something completely different when projected onto the wall. Small objects create monumental opportunities to create new spaces and environments.

Usually, the audience sees ready-made scenography on stage. They do not see the thousands of choices, experiments and coincidences through which space is born.

The installation gives a person the opportunity to be an audience, a director, a scenographer and an actor at the same time. He moves the object by a millimetre, and the space changes. He steps in front of the light and becomes an image. He pulls the fabric and creates a landscape. He puts two things together and a story is born.

This experiment talks about one of the fundamental pillars of theatre – how little it really takes for the imagination to work.