ADRASTEIA
ADRASTEIA
2025
Italy, Rome
Adrasteia is the first chapter of an artistic process developed by Martina Mancini through SOMA collective, positioned between choreography, visual language, and performative research.
The work unfolds in a stark, almost timeless environment where the body becomes both subject and material. Movement arises from internal impulses rather than constructed form, shifting continuously between control and collapse, resistance and openness. What emerges is not narrative, but presence within a series of states that the body passes through rather than performs.
At the centre of the piece is an exploration of a primal, feminine force understood not as an image or symbol, but as an underlying condition of being. It is something that precedes language and identity, surfacing through repetition, exhaustion, and heightened physical attention.
The landscape in which the work exists is not only external but deeply psychological. The body and environment reflect and dissolve into one another, creating a space where boundaries blur and perception becomes unstable.
Rather than concluding in itself, Adrasteia is conceived as an open structure, a starting point for further development into live performance and immersive formats. The choreographic material generated in the film is intended to expand beyond the screen, entering a space of continued transformation.
Through SOMA collective, the work positions itself within a wider artistic inquiry into embodiment, perception, and the thresholds between physical and emotional states.
