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The Distance We Share

The Distance We Share

by Mariona Vinyes Ràfols and Jill Kupers

An installation-performance part of the Zeecontainer program (Over Het IJ festival 2022)

The Distance We Share shows a framed part of a glitter-mirrored universe, where movement, sound, images, words, smells and bodies intertwine with each other. In a shipping container presented completely out of place and time, two beings represent, investigate and reshape ways of experiencing intimacy with another being and the more-than-human-world. The container is a space where we share and emphasise intimacy, care and vulnerability.

concept and performance Jill Kupers and Mariona Vinyes Ràfols

music Sarah Ruf

costumes Idunn Feyling

camera Jason Hornung

edit Caylee Nielen

supported by Over Het IJ, Janivo Stichting, ArtEZ University of the Arts and Skänes Dansteater

A performer lying on the ground next to a makeshift stage in an urban outdoor setting. The stage is constructed from a shipping container with metallic foil and colorful graffiti decorations. Buildings are visible in the background.
Outdoor cityscape featuring temporary structures, flags, and graffiti, with a cloudy sky and distant buildings in the background.
Two women embracing on a shiny, crinkled metallic background, with their faces close together and arms wrapped around each other, engaging in an intimate moment.
Two women lying on a white surface, one with her eyes closed and the other with her eyes open, in a tender intimate pose.
A couple is hugging and kissing on a small stage, while two women and a man watch, holding hands in an urban area with graffiti-covered walls.
Two dancers performing in front of an audience, with a large, colorful abstract artwork on display in a modern indoor space.
Three women performing an acro yoga pose indoors with a colorful, abstract background.

Performance dates

2023

9th February at CLOSE UP #2: De Spelende Mens, UvA, Amsterdam (NL)

2022

8th-17th July at Over Het IJ, Amsterdam (NL)

A series of fashion design sketches of various women's dresses and outfits on blank mannequins.
A promotional poster for an art event featuring a close-up of intertwined human bodies with text overlay.