We,Brute Force

Misha Ostenrath and Kevin Beyer move through an encounter with vulnerability, violence and the responsibilities of being human. Based on a poem by Charlotte Triebus, the work connects the story of Karl Krall and his horses with questions of intelligence and the treatment of other beings. Falling, additional fingers and saliva become concrete conditions of movement, altering balance, anatomy, contact and bodily control.

Across eight minutes, the two dancers perform for a seated recipient. In the headset, a visitor occupies the place where the camera stood. Triebus also imagines a horse or another intelligence in that place and considers how each might perceive the same movement.

We, Brute Force is presented as a stereoscopic VR experience and as a projection for exhibition spaces. It forms the first part of Halt and Catch Fire. A companion graphic novel follows the research and choreographic decisions behind the work.