ENCOUNTERS
PARTICIPATORY VIDEO INSTALLATION
London, June 2019
Encounters is an invitation to play, explore and feel. It’s a participatory video installation that aims to empower audiences to actively interact with the community they live in and promote social inclusion.
Audiences are invited to establish a dialogue with each other using their hands and interact through the sense of touch. This live interaction is projected onto the installation space and accompanied with live music which enhances the performative experience.
By getting participants to focus on their hands, we are able to foster an empathic behaviour between people who may not share the same cultural background nor have the same physical appearance, and therefore promote a dialogue between them.
This activity is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Conceived & Directed
Belén L.Yáñez
Composers & Multi-instrumentalists
Miguel de Lis & Sylvain Moreau
Dramatherapist
Natalia Varela
Video
Rocio H.Valentín
Production
Helena Teira

Funded by National Lottery through Arts Council England
Produced in association with Plutonyka
Supported by The Migration Museum Project, Refugee Week and ZU-UK