In Medias Res” is a performance piece that bridges symbolism of past to present, dark to light, masculine and feminine, solar and lunar into a whole, as ritualized gesture towards a spectrum unified being and expanded consciousness. The title, derived from Horace’s “Ars Poetica” translates to “in the midst of things” and is a classical narrative technique defined as “the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is a part of a related chain of events; the situation is an extension of previous events and will be developed in later action.” Working with the existing maypole sculpture Counter/Balance she created in Franconia grounds Summer Solstice 2021 as the foundational anchor and gestural axis, Bauer brings thematics of her spiderweb performance ritual series Spinne begun in 2022 into In Media Res, merging shadow masculine and shadow feminine symbolism and process.