Materia
Andrea Salustri
A visually mesmerising piece that breathes life into an everyday material: polystyrene!
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In Materia, Italian circus artist Andrea Salustri elevates polystyrene — that omnipresent plastic derivative — into a fully-fledged stage partner. Throughout this extraordinary choreographic journey, the performer gradually steps back to make way for the object and an immersive, hypnotic sensory experience.
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Under the amazed gaze of both young and old, the material awakens — gliding, vibrating, floating, shifting from delicate hesitations to dynamic movements that balance moments of serenity and bursts of chaos. Salustri’s performance does not impose a narrative but instead invites each viewer to let their imagination wander, guided by the spellbinding imagery on display.
