This event is wheelchair accessible.
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What does it mean to be “real” in a world where we have long since come to encounter ourselves through the media? What remains of the “real” when we recognize each other only through images? What happens when images begin to alienate themselves from humans and create their own bodies?
In Alexandra Bachzetsis’ new performance, images of the body become documents of experience, sexual violence, age, gender, and race. At the same time, familiar visual worlds—such as social media formats, home workout videos, cooking videos, styling tips, dance tutorials, and confession reels—are woven into the performance.
The performance is framed by a live film that constantly negotiates the relationship between the documentary, the real, and the fictional. A camera accompanies the action and produces a parallel staged reality. Everything that happens can become an image.
Sensory Warnings: Loud music, strobe lights, smoke
Duration: ca. 75 Minutes
Credits
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Alexandra Bachzetsis
TEXT: Alexandra Bachzetsis
DRAMATURGY: Dorota Sajewska
PERFORMANCE: Alexandra Bachzetsis, Roberta Racis, Owen Ridley-DeMonick
MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN: Alban Schelbert
MOVEMENT DIRECTION: Agnieszka Sjökvist Dlugoszewska
SET DESIGN: Alexandra Bachzetsis, Ivan Wahren
LIGHT DESIGN: Ivan Wahren
COSTUME: Laurent Hermann Progin with Ulla Ludwig
HAIR / MAKE UP: Stephanie Kunz
VIDEO: Alexandra Bachzetsis, Melanie Hofmann, Ivan Wahren
VIDEO EDITING: Ivan Wahren
PHOTOGRAPHY: Melanie Hofmann
TECHNICAL DIRECTION: Patrik Rimann
CURATORIAL TEXT: Dorota Sajewska
STUDIO AND RESEARCH: Jean-Marie Fahy
PRODUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT: Christina Liata
TOUR MANAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING: Jean-Marie Fahy, Christina Liata
ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT: Schranz Consulting
COPRODUCED BY: Arsenic, Lausanne; Dampfzentrale, Bern; Kaserne Basel; Shedhalle, Zurich
SUPPORTED BY: Kanton Zürich; Stadt Zürich; the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Grateful for the generous support and contribution from the Circle of Friends
THANKS TO: Laura Amann Marín, Karma International, jen kratochvil, Miguel Ledesma, Andy Lindenmann, Nina Schranz, Shedhalle, Angela Tomas, Giulia Walter, Noémie Weill
Content Notes
The performance addresses rape and gender-based violence.
