We find ourselves in a space where the past and present collide and repressed experiences return. Carolina Bianchi works through rape stories that happened in the recent decades. For this, she places herself in a position of maximum vulnerability. While she reports on how the performance artist Pippa Bacca was raped and murdered during one of her performances in 2008, Bianchi ingests a drink with knockout drops. Under the influence of the rape drink (also known as “Goodnight Cinderella”), she becomes sleepy and eventually unconscious. Bianchi’s personally motivated performance outlines boundaries that many survivors of abuse have to face. What are the possible narratives for an unconscious and “memoryless” body? And will this body ultimately be forgotten in the theater as other scenes, rituals and dialogues play out?

Content note: This performance is not recommended for persons aged under 18.
Part of this performance can have a disturbing effect. It contains references to rape and gender-specific violence.

Introduction on 15.7., 19:30 + 16.7., 18:30
Language: German

Photo: ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

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