Shifting Ground - Lewis Walker & Michele Occelli: Move Hypno

Not only a medical symptom but a vast metaphor for disorientation of all kinds, vertigo describes the moment when reliable bearings dissolve and equilibrium becomes unanchored. This sensation comes sooner and more readily to some than others; to those whose bodies, identities, or social positions have never been granted the luxury of a steady foundation. For 3hd’s Shifting Ground performance programme, Lewis Walker presents a second performance of “Bornsick”.Walker’s “Bornsick” explores inherited illness and identity formation within systems that shape us before we can define ourselves. Through gymnastics and dance, the piece reveals the self as a construct ¬– built from learned movements, imposed roles, and cultural echoes. The queer body navigates tension between conformity and freedom, layering and un-layering itself in search of stability. Conditioning creates a machine; unlearning returns us to the animal. “Bornsick” confronts the paradox of seeking fixity on a foundation in flux.

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