Interview with Matanicola Matanicola: Nicola Mascia and Matan Zamir/La Caldera

Interview with Matanicola Matanicola: Nicola Mascia and Matan Zamir, (Italia/Israel, residents in Germany)
La Caldera
Barcelona, Spain

artistic data: under 1 choreographie: Nicola Mascia and Matan Zamir, under 2 choreographie: Yasmeen Godder, performance: Nicola Mascia and Matan Zamir, space design: Heike van Bentum, dress: Beate Borrmann, music: Tal Hadad, piano composition: Matan Zamir, lightning design: Thorsten Schneider, technic direction: Andreas Harder, sound: Maximilian Brauer, production assistant: Francesca Noia, management: Vanini Belarmino.

under 1. matanicola: Exploring the idea of creating a common identity. Hiding behind adquired behaviours, esterotyped gestures and obsessive movements. Facing contradictions and similarities of our cultural and religious background. Playing with intimacy perceptions and gender expectations.
under 2. yasmeen godder: Transforming the identity of oneself as a way of comunication in a relationship. How the game with the diverse 'identities' and 'characteristics' of oneself become a way of comunication in a couple. Exploring inner worlds made by strings of national and private identity, playing using social and cultural connotation.