TO THE FULLEST

Scenography + video installation + light design for TO THE FULLEST by Fallon Mayanja at DeSingel arts center. To The Fullest is an experimental journey of being in the world. The performance, inspired by the work of Black, queer American composer Julius Eastman (1940–1990) proposes through voice and body an adaptation of his compositions Femenine and Masculine (1974).
Written for six performers, To The Fullest explores the relationship between gender and identity through the concept of the “glitch” developed by Legacy Russell. Deliberately nonlinear and elusive in its entirety, it offers an experience of fragmented polyphony. Through the repetition of movements based on the principles of accumulation and gradation central to Julius Eastman, Fallon Mayanja, Kishie Ajani Mofita, Kongi Mbunga, Nathan Felix-Rivot, Phantom Wizard, and Lázara Rosell Albear embody the transformative and self-generative potential of the glitch.
The layering of perspectives, narratives, and aesthetics unfolds an imagery that holds value both as an archive and as a prospective view.