Diana Niepce – Hornfuckers
Hornfuckers is a future piece of dance, performance and aerialist for stage that seeks to consider the body as an extraordinary event. The piece contemplates a post-apocalyptic universe, working on the concept of loneliness, in a kind of fleeing chase. For her research phase in May 2025 Diana Niepce is a residency guest at L.I.K. – Laboratory for Inclusive Culture by Un-Label in Cologne
About the research
Based on the physical components that organize chaos theory, Hornfuckers exposes the body in a state of contemplation of the massive destruction present in the world. It is a transgressive and poetic work that seeks to challenge the viewer to reconsider conventions and the notion of social norms.
“I’m intent on making changes to an event in order to generate incalculable effects, making the system chaotic and unpredictable.”
Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and a branch of mathematics. It focuses on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnections, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals and self-organization.
“We play a game of obedience, according to a logic that questions hierarchy. What we are and what we “should” be. Rethinking politics and transgression, starting from what we choose not to see until it becomes extraordinary. A suspended play that forces us to question universal logics, such as gravity.
I’m interested in starting my research by studying the universal components of physics. What is the movement of a body? How do we pay attention to the basic movements of the body? How do the positions of bodies in space change?“
The process involves extensive research into universal physical components and how they challenge the behavior of bodies when they are disorganized. Hornfuckers is an analysis of how dominant politics are organized and how these systems generate dominant behavior among the masses. The work also gives relevance to the diverse body, which forces us to take a close look at historiography and crip theory.
“I’m interested in working with movement as the root of a secret and how precious it becomes. With this, all movements are thought out and don’t emerge by chance; movement arises as a response or consequence of something.”
Artist
Diana Niepce
Diana Niepce is a dancer, choreographer and writer. She graduated from the Escola Superior de Dança, completed an Erasmus programme at Teatterikorkeakoulun (in Helsinki), and holds a Master’s degree in Art and Communication at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is an associate artist at Espaço do Tempo and the creator of the pieces “Forgotten Fog” (2015), “Raw a nude” (2019), “12 979 Dias” (2019), “Dueto” (2020), “T4” (2020), “Anda, Diana ” (SPA Prize, 2021), “O outro lado da danca”(2022), “Enfreakement” (2024), “Utopia” (2024) and “Norma” (2023). She works as a curator of the “Political Bodies Cycle of conferences and performances” (2024, Culturgest). As a dancer and performer, she has collaborated with national and international artists. She is the curator and trainer of the “Introduction to the Performing Arts for Artists with Disabilities” (2020), “Fora da Norma” (2023, Biblioteca de Marvila) and “Norma” (2023, TNDMII). Her most recent publications are the article “Experimenting with the body” in the newspaper Coreia, the book “Anda, Diana” (ed. Sistema Solar) and the story “Broken and stinky, they are the pebbles.” for the Rota Memorial do Convento.
Bildcredits: 1) Paulo Pimenta, 2) Vera Marmelo
Über die Un-Label Künslter*innen-Residenz
Un-Label’s artist residencies provide artists with disabilities with the opportunity to realise their own creative projects while receiving targeted support. The Labor für inklusive Kultur (L.I.K.) in Cologne serves as a central space where artists with disabilities can connect, collaborate, and work in an inclusive environment. In addition to financial, personnel, and logistical support, the residencies focus on interdisciplinary and intersectional collaboration. Un-Label also partners with cultural networks to establish accessibility and long-term support for artists with disabilities within the arts sector.
