DE_Forma ist eine Installation im Grenzbereich zwischen Skulptur und Performance. Ein übergestülpter, halbtransparenter Kokon verfremdet die Körperformen der TänzerInnen. Durch Bewegung sowie die Struktur des Gitters und die darauf fallenden Videoprojektionen entsteht ein einzigartiger, visueller Effekt.

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performed 2006/2008/2011 @ Walkers - Linz, Austria // Creative Forum Festival - Alexadria, Egypt // Ars Electronica Center - Linz, Austria

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Press Review:

"The most divisive and fascinating performance of the forum so far is, hands down, "De-Forma from Germany and Austria. "De-Forma is a performance installation that left every single audience member in utter bewilderment.
The audiences were guided into a dark theater containing two large objects wrapped in metallic wires offstage and another one hidden in the far left corner of the stage. The audiences, including myself, assumed the much-delayed performance would be carried out offstage and, therefore, climbed on stage, waiting for something to happen.
About 15 minutes later, the audience members began to explore the theater in frustration when they realized that the objects draped in those wires are, in fact, humans.
Some tried to interact with the still human objects, others continued to sit on stage in sheer boredom. The real action was taking place at that forgotten corner of the stage as the persistent audience members slowly began to take the large wires off the performers. By the end of the show, the roles were reversed as the performers covered audience members with the same metallic objects.
"I wasn't sure how should I react, or if I should react at all, said Gregory Holt, one of the "De-Forma performers.
"The show taps into people's curiosity, their need to find an explanation for everything they see, said Nora Elberfeld, who accidentally cut her hand near the end of the performance. "I guess the show is also about the nature of objects, the different ways through which they evolve and decompose."

- by Joseph Fahim