Homo Restis is a sound costume performance by Sarah Leimcke and Jens Vetter. The performance shows two actors dressed in costumes that are moving in public spaces like marionettes and attaching strings to walls, street signs and other people. Their movement in the strings triggers sounds that are played back from the various connected modules.
The hand-crafted costumes made of embossed and gold-plated leather were created by Dresden-based sculptor Sarah Leimcke over a time-span of two years. The system of wireless sound modules enabling string interaction and real-time sound synthesis was developed at the University of Arts Linz during his master studies by Jens Vetter. 

The performance is yet another result of the collaboration between Jens Vetter and Sarah Leimcke. Homo Restis was first shown at Ars Electronica Linz 2016 after which the project was presented on multiple festivals including Kunstzug Dresden or Speculum Artium in Trbovlje, Slovenia.

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2016

Mensch am Seil - documentary, 30 min by Elisa Unger

cast - Sarah Leimcke, Jens Vetter
director, camera & edit - Elisa Unger
music, sound design - Jens Vetter
costumes - Sarah Leimcke

Developments of the wireless sound interfaces