‘SPECTRE’ by Julien Klopfenstein

SPECTRE by Julien Klopfenstein // 

Spectre is a solo work that explores abandonment, loneliness, and disorientation through the figure of a spectre suspended between collapse and compulsion. Combining slow, distorted movement with moments of physical intensity, the performance reflects on what remains when the structures we rely on begin to fail.

The work was premiered at SÍN Arts Centre, Budapest, in May 2026 as part of the folyt.köv. program, and later presented in Košice, Slovakia.

“A disembodied being, in disorientation, emptied of direction, detached from its center. Depleted by an ever-accelerating world, blind obedience, and external dependence, the spectre drifts—fragmented, unanchored—somewhere between compulsion and collapse.”

SPECTRE

performance, 2026

Choreography, Performance: Julien Klopfenstein

Music: Hildur Guðnadóttir, BJ Nilsen, Stilluppsteypa – Second Childhood

Production support: SÍN Arts Centre (“folyt.köv.” program)

Video: Oleg Borisuk, Julien Klopfenstein

Photography: Máté Kalicz