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“My shapes, your words, their grey” is a piece about nuances and inter- stices, situated somewhere between the pictorial arts, performance and a lecture. What is a grey life? For Philipp Gehmacher grey is not a non-colour. Grey accepts all colours. A “grey life” is far removed from pathos, without being indifferent. Gehmacher uses his specific, richly gestural and power- fully expressive body language to create a characteristic space. Form, text, movement and the subtle use of Gérald Kurdian’s sound landscape result in an extremely effectual state of limbo.

Philipp Gehmacher lives in Vienna and works locally as well as internationally. His research regarding the movements and actions inscribed into the body led to further investigation of the research areas gesture, space, and touch. Between 2007 and 2012, apart from creating numerous choreographic works, he also collaborated with Meg Stuart and Vladimir Miller, resulting in stage pieces as well as video installations (dead reckoning, 2009; the fault lines, 2010). Since 2008 Philipp Gehmacher has been developing the lecture performance walk+talk and investigating language, address, and expression (SAY SOMETHING, 2013). Since 2011 he has created exhibitions and video works (my shapes, your words, their grey, 2013). Gehmacher’s current focus lies on working on objects, materials and conceiving walk-in spaces (der grauraum). Since 2014 Philipp Gehmacher has also been a member of the class ‘Sculpture and Space’ at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.