According to the Basque performing arts company, “ENCOUNTERS” “explores ‘abandoned' spaces where we find overlooked human traces that, though grey, reveal a wildness. (…) The space we inhabit is an open interior where mundane, unremarkable objects lose their purpose in the open air, becoming discarded items that decorate the bedroom of an unknown host who welcomes us into its intimacy without ever looking at us”.

The residency at Azkuna Zentroa marks a starting point for this new project, where the team conjure up an envisioned place. “From there, we invent the remaining elements of the work - materials that gradually come together to create the scene, like a painting in motion,” they explain.

In line with their prior works, this piece offers “a theatre experience that is both fresh and profound. To achieve this goal, we use expressive resources freely and experimentally, aiming for suspension and discovery”. In this regard, the Lanean residency is “an opportunity to explore in depth into the diverse resources that the language of performing arts can express”.