A performance that explores movement, identity, and the power of labels in shaping human perception. Centred around the act of riding a bike, Occupied with Traffic invites passersby to observe and categorise this familiar action. Set within a landscape shaped by historical, linguistic, and cultural borderlines, the performance transforms cycling into a lens for examining how actions and bodies are classified. Though universally recognised, biking becomes a catalyst for deeper reflection. Can a single movement hold a fixed meaning, or is it always shaped by its context? Occupied with Traffic was first developed at ImpulsTanz ATLAS with the support of Onassis Stegi’s Outward Turn Program and Onassis AiR. As a context-specific work, it evolves with each setting – in this case, the layered landscape of Nova Gorica and Gorizia. Music by Thomas Rosser.

Irini Kalaitzidi, born in 1991 in Athens, Greece, is a dance artist based in London, UK. Her practice revolves around choreography and machine learning, exploring critical and caring ways of engaging with the human body. Through speculation and playfulness, she examines how technologies shape our understanding of the body. Her works span performances, screen-based projects, and writings presented at venues worldwide. An Onassis AiR Fellow for 2023-24, Kalaitzidi is also a PhD researcher and lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Performans, ki raziskuje gibanje, identiteto in moč etiket pri oblikovanju človeške percepcije. Delo Okupirani s prometom, osredotočeno na akt vožnje s kolesom, vabi mimoidoče, da opazujejo in kategorizirajo ta dobro znani akt. Performans, postavljen v pokrajino, ki jo oblikujejo zgodovinske, lingvistične in kulturne meje, spreminja kolesarjenje v leče za preučevanje tega, kako se kategorizirajo dejanja in telesa. Čeprav je kolesarjenje nekaj splošno znanega, postane katalizator za globlji razmislek. Ali nosi posamezno gibanje fiksen pomen ali ga pač vedno oblikuje kontekst? Performans Okupirani s prometom je bil ustvarjen s pomočjo ImpulsTanz ATLAS s podporo Onassis Stegi's Outward Turn programa in programa Onassis AiR. Kot delo, specifično za kontekst, se razvija z vsako izvedbo – v tem primeru v slojeviti pokrajini Nove Gorice in Gorizie. Glasba: Thomas Rosser.

Irini Kalaitzidi, rojena leta 1991 v Atenah v Grčiji, je plesna umetnica. Živi v Londonu v Veliki Britaniji. Deluje na področju koreografije in strojnega učenja, raziskuje kritične načine ukvarjanja s človeškim telesom ter tiste, ki so povezani s skrbjo zanj; preučuje, kako tehnologije oblikujejo naše razumevanje telesa, pri čemer se poslužuje spekulacije in igrivosti. Njeno delo zajema performanse, zaslonske projekte in pisanje, predstavljeno je bilo po vsem svetu. Kalaitzidi, štipendistka programa Onassis AiR med leti 2023–24, je tudi doktorska raziskovalka in predavateljica na Univerzi Goldsmiths v Londonu.