There are, as appears, three cis white men sitting, staring at the audience. Their behavior towards us and each other is concealed by the minimalist “Piano Phase” of Steve Reich.

With the music reflecting the repetitive character of gender performativity and norms, this vicious circle both in soundscape and in social settings sees three individuals' passage through moments of violence and vulnerability.
This work draws to question the notion of masculinity perpetuated through oppressive norms and, consequently, the state of internalised homophobia.
Using a play of contradictions and observing moments of sensuality and susceptibility, as the music of Reich begins to shift in conjunction with shifting power dynamics, we begin to see an abstraction of experiences and a transformation of these norms.

In Piano Phase, Steve Reich employs a compositional process called “phasing” or “phase shifting”. Two pianos play a loop in unison, as one slightly accelerates, they progressively fall out of phase, creating an echo. It then becomes a new melody when the superposed loops are back in phase with a delay.

The title : It’s just a phase is a play between the ‘phases’ in the musical score and the misconception of queerness as ‘a phase’.