Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

MICHIKAZU MATSUNE: Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)

Thu 19., Fri 20. & Sat 21.03., 19h, TQW Studios, World Premiere

Artist Michikazu Matsune is brilliant at sleeping badly. His new work, made with performers Camilla Schielin, Evandro Pedroni and Julia Zastava, invites the audience into a shared space of curiosity, knowledge and exploration within the world of sleeplessness and troubles associated with our nightly act of (un)resting. 

"Soft Collapse" (Insomnia for Beginners) gently dissolves the boundaries between wakefulness and slumber, opening up a poetic encounter with the restless moments that haunt our nights. Laden with quiet humor and thoughtful observation, Matsune creates a reflective environment in which insomnia becomes a lens to consider our human condition. Evoking subtle tensions between rest and unrest, the performance encourages audiences to reconsider sleep not just as a biological necessity, but as a richly layered terrain of imagination, vulnerability, and collective experience. 

The space features artworks by Elisabeth Molin, Ida Kammerloch, Jannis Neumann, Julia Zastava, Michikazu Matsune, and Rosa Wiesauer.