Hand auf's Herz
Hand auf's Herz // Hand on Heart (German saying)
Performance in public space
@ Broadway Brünner Straße
for Wir Kommen!
In German, we say "Hand auf's Herz" in situations we really want to be truthful, pure, plain and simple.
Personally I strongly believe that this purity and heart connection is the essence of all human beings, the way we truly, deeply are. We just don't practice it enough. We live in a world of duality and over time our society misunderstood this entangled duality as separation. We are so used to focused on the other, the difference, to ensure ourselves our individuality but only create separation, division, isolation, loneliness and fear.
With this performance I want to build bridges into peoples hearts. I want to remind us that we are more similar, more equal than we might think. I want to create an atmosphere of allowing, of connection and a feeling of being seen, welcome and touched. Within myself first and than radiating it outside and invite others to join.
I was standing at the entrance of a busy passage in the 21. district of Vienna, dressed like a white super-heroine, right hand on my heart, left hand at the hight of the shoulder, palm facing forward. Standing completely still I tried to make eye contact with people and see who might be interested in connecting. When I felt someone being open, I approached the person slowly, holding a gentle eye contact, than asked: May I? and if they agreed I put my left hand on their heart for eleven seconds, than thanked them and walked away backwards.
During the 4 times 15 minutes within two hours, I connected with around 7-10 people.
The feedback has been various but positively.
I really enjoyed the performance a lot!
Performance in public space
@ Broadway Brünner Straße
for Wir Kommen!
In German, we say "Hand auf's Herz" in situations we really want to be truthful, pure, plain and simple.
Personally I strongly believe that this purity and heart connection is the essence of all human beings, the way we truly, deeply are. We just don't practice it enough. We live in a world of duality and over time our society misunderstood this entangled duality as separation. We are so used to focused on the other, the difference, to ensure ourselves our individuality but only create separation, division, isolation, loneliness and fear.
With this performance I want to build bridges into peoples hearts. I want to remind us that we are more similar, more equal than we might think. I want to create an atmosphere of allowing, of connection and a feeling of being seen, welcome and touched. Within myself first and than radiating it outside and invite others to join.
I was standing at the entrance of a busy passage in the 21. district of Vienna, dressed like a white super-heroine, right hand on my heart, left hand at the hight of the shoulder, palm facing forward. Standing completely still I tried to make eye contact with people and see who might be interested in connecting. When I felt someone being open, I approached the person slowly, holding a gentle eye contact, than asked: May I? and if they agreed I put my left hand on their heart for eleven seconds, than thanked them and walked away backwards.
During the 4 times 15 minutes within two hours, I connected with around 7-10 people.
The feedback has been various but positively.
I really enjoyed the performance a lot!
Austrian Home Made Culture - FAMILY Dreaming & Lucid VITA
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The third edition of the HOME FEST festival in Bucharest will open Tuesday, March 15th 2016, with Austrian home culture, with performances by Maria Hera and Luong Thanh Hoa. The event is organized with the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum. from: https://homefest2016.wordpress.com/ Maria Hera Lucid Dreaming, Performance ca. 15 Min.# The performance deals in a playful way with the dreamlike side of reality, the unconscious and repressed as well as the possibility to transcend it. The title refers to the Album Lucid Dreams of the British ambient label em:t used in the performance. Thanh Hoa Luong FAMILY VITA, Performativ Lecture ca. 30 Min. A post-post engagement with family stories and their feedback. No bodies. Masks, role model breaking, voices as feedbacks from the future. Pictures: Tiberiu Mihai Dinescu Presse: http://www.austriacult-bucuresti.ro/performance-de-teatru-austrian-homemade-culture-n-cadrul-homefest-2016.html http://e-zeppelin.ro/homefest-revine-in-locuintele-bucurestenilor/ https://calinhera.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/la-teatru-acasa-homefest/ http://cristianchinabirta.ro/2016/03/16/homefest/ |
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Heart Beat 2.0
Performance by Maria Hera
Inspired by a TED-Talk about body-language, of the biochemist Amy Cuddy I got highly interested in the impact of body-poses to the way we feel about ourselves and even our hormones.
She and her colleges found out that, the poses we perform not only show others our level of energy and state of mind, but also performing these poses, for at least one minute, will change the level of hormones in our body. Low power poses increase the cortisone and lowers testosterone and serotonin, wether high power poses lower cortisol and increase testosterone and serotonin up to 40 percent, depending on the time performed.
What triggered my interest deeply was the fact, how much the poses we perform in our daly life, especially when using electronic devices, force us in low power poses and thus limiting our ability of using our full mental and emotional intelligence.
I developed a choreography based on the most common poses we perform in our social, working and private life and contrast them with high power poses, that we all know well, but are somehow unexpected or judged as inappropriate.
As I am supposed to keep each pose for at least one minute, I slowed down my moves to the maximum in order to synchronize and intensify the impact on my body/mind and the spectators. Here I orientated myself on the Japanese Go- and Kabuki theatre, and the works of Paz Katarina Jimenez.
The inner processes stimulated by the poses manifest themselves also in significant changes oft my heartbeat. By using an ultrasound device, fixed at my heart center, that can be used together with a wireless audio transmitter and a PA-System, I open another dimension of experiencing the inner processes.
MH15
Inspired by a TED-Talk about body-language, of the biochemist Amy Cuddy I got highly interested in the impact of body-poses to the way we feel about ourselves and even our hormones.
She and her colleges found out that, the poses we perform not only show others our level of energy and state of mind, but also performing these poses, for at least one minute, will change the level of hormones in our body. Low power poses increase the cortisone and lowers testosterone and serotonin, wether high power poses lower cortisol and increase testosterone and serotonin up to 40 percent, depending on the time performed.
What triggered my interest deeply was the fact, how much the poses we perform in our daly life, especially when using electronic devices, force us in low power poses and thus limiting our ability of using our full mental and emotional intelligence.
I developed a choreography based on the most common poses we perform in our social, working and private life and contrast them with high power poses, that we all know well, but are somehow unexpected or judged as inappropriate.
As I am supposed to keep each pose for at least one minute, I slowed down my moves to the maximum in order to synchronize and intensify the impact on my body/mind and the spectators. Here I orientated myself on the Japanese Go- and Kabuki theatre, and the works of Paz Katarina Jimenez.
The inner processes stimulated by the poses manifest themselves also in significant changes oft my heartbeat. By using an ultrasound device, fixed at my heart center, that can be used together with a wireless audio transmitter and a PA-System, I open another dimension of experiencing the inner processes.
MH15
Wiener Pop-Up Soirée
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Canned Fit - Cucharas de arena - Album release
Maria Hera - Lucid Dreaming - Performance Samstag, 01.08.2015 | 9pm Kulturort "Badstraße 8 e.V." | Badstraße 8 | 90762 Fürth Lucid Dreaming Die Performance befasst sich auf spielerische Weise mit der Traumhaften Seite der Realität, dem Unterbewussten und Verdrängten, Angst, Ekel und Tod. Schlafwandlerisch folgt sie einer losen Dramaturgie, welche stets an den Aufführungsort adaptiert wird. Die ins extreme verlangsamen Bewegungsabläufe orientieren sich an Elementen des Kundalini-Yoga und des japanischen NŌ- und Kabuki Theaters. Der Titel leitet sich von dem, in der Performance verwendeten Album Lucid Dreams des britischen Labels em:t, ab. Cucharas de arena: " Another female artist making ripples is Austrian installation artist Christine Schörkhuber, known for recording purposes as Canned Fit. Her latest album on pan y rosas discos is a prime example of the type of vocal album ACL does cover, in that the lyrics take a back seat to the music and manner of delivery. This is the sort of shot in the arm that could revolutionize the airwaves, if only anyone would listen. Cucharas de arena is an intelligent, experimental set, marked by questions of how a lyric should be delivered, as well as why. While less accessible than Golden Disko Ship, Canned Fit still leaves the windows open for listeners to come in. The whispery, percussive “circling in a square” makes a memorable impression, as do the horse trots, footsteps and deep breaths of “rosia montana.” By the time the bass checks in, the listener is mesmerized. When metal sheets and sand can be used as percussion, who needs drums?" Richard Allen, A closer Listen, Review Jan 2015 Find Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gnKiaPfsu8 |
Mein Haus ist das Ereignis
Viennese home made culture by lorgean theatre
An event by lorgean theatre with the support of KulturKontakt Austria.
with:
Maria Hera // Lucid Dreaming
Maggie Palms (Costas Kekis, Anna Prokopova, Petr Ochvat) // Corpse of a Dance Piece
Jean-Lorin Sterian // MC’96
and:
objects related to Vienna.
with:
Maria Hera // Lucid Dreaming
Maggie Palms (Costas Kekis, Anna Prokopova, Petr Ochvat) // Corpse of a Dance Piece
Jean-Lorin Sterian // MC’96
and:
objects related to Vienna.
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