VISUAL ART AND PERCEPTION

 Interview between the artist Sarah Iris Mang and the translator and linguist Dr. Susanne Buchner-Sabathy, who is blind. The talk is about the complex process of perception and how we use our senses. Recent studies have shown that the brain makes decisions about visual and auditory stimuli by relying on already stored sensory findings. …

MAGIC MOMENTS

MAGIC MOMENTS is a series of photos and short texts, which are dedicated to the here and now. Perception is a complex process and culturally, as well as personally shaped – through family values, for instance. My art work, especially my public performances and interview sessions with experts of different fields, have changed my personal …

COAT PERFORMANCE

The performance took place at the Kunstraum Niederösterreich in 2016. The performers were given prior instructions to formulate their beliefs – both negative and positive – and write one of them on the coat. Beliefs are sentences that have a strong meaning for a particular person. Many of them come from childhood and – consciously …

THE LABYRINTH

Sarah Iris Mang uses very often yarn in her performances or installations to show connections or correlations between places and people. For the exhibition temporär zu Hause in Tübingen  she developed a labyrinth, with wood slats from the  Börstinger forest. “Normally I use wool, but this time I wanted to utilize the material from the surroundings. When …

STERBEN UND DAS KÖRPERFETT – RESONANZEN

Zu sterben. Das geht. Bei Keith Hennessy. Es ist erstaunlich leicht. Im Shamanic Improvisation Potential Workshop wird alles im Fakemodus durchlebt: vom Heilen bis zum eigenen Tod. Und das möglichst gut!  Immer geht es um die Präsenz und wenn die nicht da ist, dann ist es dennoch der Moment der das Leben bestimmt. MORE: http://circozero.org/ …

LAUGH EAT AND SLEEP

LAUGH EAT AND SLEEP is a video performance directed by Sarah Iris Mang and performed by Christine Leitner. The act of eating or sleeping is simple, but essential for every human being. In all cultures these acts are very similar – sometimes combined with special rituals or costumes. When someone laughs or sleeps or chews something, …

CONTACTIMPROVISATION

  CONACTIMPROVISATION Produktionsjahr(e): 2017-2019, Dauer:2:23 Minuten