Artist Statement

The genesis of Pigeon Loops developed after spending a number of days visiting a variety 

of buildings in Iasi, and spending time researching the historical, political and social importance and resonance of particular buildings and areas. After some deliberation, Liberté chose to focus her residency piece on Piata Unirii, both due to the square’s historical and ongoing centrality to life in Iasi, and because of the possibilities and inspiration it offered choreographically – from architecture, to function, to the people that pass through daily, and even to the ubiquitous pigeons. 

Liberté’s overall vision was to create a pedestrian style dance-piece using the  aforementioned aspects of Piata Unirii and translating them into a movement sequence,  for example; the universal, recognisable gestures of someone waiting to meet a friend, or the repetitiveyet still somehow chaotic movement of the pigeons that are so characteristic  of the square. https://humanagency.co.nz/performer-profile/amber-liberte-2/