The Lady and the Unicorn is one of the most intriguing sets of wall tapestries made in the 16th century. The work is regarded as an allegory of the five senses, but it actually consists of six tapestries. The last one in the series refers to a mysterious sense – the so-called ‘sense of the heart’.

Drawing on this historical representation, HYPERSENSES explores the modern-day sensory experience. In the over-stimulated, hectic times we live in, this multi-sensory music performance invites us to ponder what we experience.

Can tastes be audible, colours tangible, smells visible? Images, tastes, smells and textures converge with live electro-acoustic music, while sonic layers meld with mesmerizing 15th-century melodies, and the whole piece becomes a single, layered sensory experience.

HYPERSENSES subtly throws the brain off balance and plunges the audience into an intense state of euphoria.

After their successful collaboration on the alchemistic laboratory BALSAM and long runs of shows at home and abroad, Zefiro Torna and Laika are joining forces once again in a performance that fine-tunes the senses.

The production came into being through the synergy of all collaborators, both on and off stage. Concepts and artistic skills drawn from the body of work that each participating artist has developed over the years were fused through an intensive collaborative process into a Gesamtkunstwerk.