Pippa, my performance is for you.
I got in touch with
@showcasebeatlemot about RAVEN as my very dear friend Pippa has been diagnosed with ME in 2018. An illness very few people know about and that, by many, is not taken seriously. She lost her life as she knew it. I am so proud of her and her achievements. Many people with ME are not seen. They feel INVISIBlE. This production is for all of you. To spread awareness. To spread word. And to make you SEEN.
“Breathe in, breathe out. Find a niche in the brutal world until the storm has passed. Breathe in, breathe out. Dealing with the authorities, healthcare forms. Noise & light are no longer a simple joke, but nasty everyday hurdles. Breathe in, breathe out. What happens when the limits of consideration meet the limits of perception? Breathe in, breathe out.”
“Raven” is a symposium, gathering and performance about peak performance and the question of what happens when nothing else works. The frame of reference is the chronic illness ME/CFS, as a chronicised form of Long Covid. Sick and non-ill artists are involved in the conception and design of the event series with various contributions. The title refers on the one hand to the dance and party culture of the 90s, and on the other to the claustrophobic fantasies of forced standstill as sketched by E.A. Poe in his famous poem of the same name.
Over four days, “Raven” creates space for the art that is created with and despite ME/CFS. ‘Raven’ is explicitly designed for sick people, companions and allies, as a theatre in a reclining position, with quiet spaces and landscapes with reduced stimuli.
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Premiere: 19.12.
@hauberlin 5pm
Dates: 20.12.24, 4.01.25, 5.01.25
Photo:
@kimi_palme_portraits 
