Part of the puntWG Open Call Series

‘double double’ is an exhibition and LARP (Live Action Role Play) by Zuza Banasińska and Myrto Vratsanou. The artists explore the figure of the double as a device towards non-hierarchical kinship, through a reflection on mirroring, shadowing, occupying negative space and other modes of proliferating the self.  

Doubling is treated as a methodology for story-telling and speculation, reflecting and refracting  unstable identities. Mirroring becomes a way to process, relate, collaborate and become hybrid.  Split pebbles and neolithic carvings lead to superimposition, glitches and other ghosts of the  cinematic apparatus. The artists appropriate the method of traceology to speculate around  corrosions, fissures and wounds, generating doubles as a filling compound for canonical  knowledge gaps. Similar to the original yet other, these copies interrupt linearity and unearth  ghostly qualities. At puntWG, Banasińska and Vratsanou construct a stage for this exploration,  focusing on the story-telling potential of interpreting traces, early cinema’s doppelgangers and  other projections, in the form of a film and a series of objects and drawings.  

This “stage” will be activated through 2 participatory LARP sessions, revolving around a film  production dealing with corrupted footage and a missing protagonist. Participants will be invited  to embody film-makers or film-characters, to reflect on what lies in the negative space of the missing hero, and what new tropes of kinship can be discovered there.  

The Live Action Role Play will be discussion-based and will be shaped by the participants  themselves. It is structured as a playful, immersive way to approach theoretical and conceptual  thought. No previous LARP background is required. If you’d like to participate, please write an  email to doubledoubledouble22@protonmail.com including your name and which of the two dates you prefer. After that you will receive your character card. In the meantime, we are happy to answer any questions.

Zuza Banasińska (they/them) is an artist and filmmaker from Warsaw, based in Amsterdam. In  their practice, they are interested in the reproduction of images and how these enable the  reproduction of systems, subjects and bodies. They approach this through a speculative  (re)performance of archives within essay films and installations. They studied at the Academy of  Fine Arts in Cracow and Sandberg Instituut, as well as the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Their  works have been shown in spaces such as the U-Jazdowski CCA in Warsaw and Dům Umění  Mesta Brna, among others. Their recent film premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam  2024 and the 74th Berlinale, where it received the Teddy Award for best short film.  

Myrto Vratsanou (she/her) is a visual artist based in Copenhagen and Athens. Her practice  revolves around the haunted, uncanny aspects of digital and material spaces. Working in drawing  and sculpture, she explores material histories, fictions, and traditions. Vratsanou studied at the  Athens School of Fine Arts, the Sandberg Instituut, as well as the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). Her work has been shown in spaces such as: Weltkunszimmer Dusseldorf, Temporary  Gallery Cologne, Neverneverland and the Eye film museum in Amsterdam, Chisenhale Gallery  London, One Minute Space and a.antonopoulou. art gallery in Athens.

Myrto Vratsanou’s participation is supported by Goethe Institute and the European Union through the program Culture Moves Europe.