In 2020, Andrea K. Schlehwein conceived the multi-part series archipelago comprised of contemporary dance solos that each stand singularly as a reflection and blueprint of an inner world. Loosely connected by context and artistic method, AKS highlights the fragile perspective of her soloists (NETZWERK AKS dance artists) on fragile political, economic as well as personal states of being – all in a struggle for resonance with the contemporary outside world.

The upcoming edition archipelago2 features a close collaboration between Taiwanese dance artist Jye Hwei Lin and choreographer Andrea K. Schlehwein.

Together they subtly weave a web of autobiographical fragments.

Movement, visual images, spoken thoughts, sounds and objects come together as eternally disrupted non-narrative elements to form a personal document. The artist Jye Hwei Lin invites personal encounters in an installation-like labyrinth that would not exist like this without considering her individual history.