Moving in November Pontus Pettersson: Pancor Poetics

Pancor Poetics unfolds as a choreographic installation and performance, where Pontus Pettersson’s performative Cat Practice intersects with a miniature golf course, all shaped by his own typeface, Pancor. This typeface serves as a poetic medium, blending visual, spatial and textual elements to explore poetry and choreographic inscriptures. 

Pontus Pettersson’s Cat Practice is attuned to the cat’s wants and itches—bodily, cognitive, social, and choreographic, even energetic. Embodying the cat demands alertness, adaptation, and a constant shift of attention. The cat wanders and wails according to its desires, living much of its life out of sight yet strangely close to us. At its core, Pancor Poetics captures the essence of being a cat, rather than trying to portray it. Here, the cat is a verb, an act of doing. What comes as a gift is embodiment. 

The joining and rearranging of chosen words envelop Pontus’ Cat Practice in written language, accidentally. Much like dancing, poetry has the ability to produce and alter meaning through minor shifts and ruptures. Dance and poetry share a constant interplay between structure and disorder, a balance of organization, chance, and error. Dance can write, and writing can dance. In Pancor Poetics, poetry is “spoken” on walls, floors, in bodies, as well as intimate tête-à-tête to members of the audience. 

Expanding into a dynamic entity within the Kunsthalle exhibition space, this constantly evolving piece bridges multiple disciplines, engaging audiences of all ages, and inviting them into a realm where art and life converge on a journey of continuous discovery. 

You are invited to stay, as long as you wish. 

The performance is part of Moving in November Festival, taking place between 7.-17.11.2024. Moving in November together with Kunsthalle invited Pontus Petterson to perform Pancor Poetics in Helsinki alongside local dance artists.