Zodiak Stage
Helsinki, Finland, 2021
 

The working group has been inspired by baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s (1593-1653) work, and the myth of Medea based on Euripides`s ancient Greek tragedy Medea (431 BC), where Medea kills her children as an act of revenge for Iasons betrayal. In Gentileschi’s paintings revenge is an artistic choice to alter the positions of power in her paintings. The performance is not a new version of Medea; instead it pursues to grasp these historical references through a feminist reading, to embody these questions in current times.

and then they left positions itself in an intergenerational continuum, contemplates the questions of revenge, righteousness, violence and agency in relation to the position of socialized women. The choreography is a momentary confrontation, traveling through the poesis of sorrow and pleasure.

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Concept, choreography, performance: Suvi Kemppainen, Kaisa Nieminen, Marika Peura
Lighting design: Mateus Manninen
Sound design: Niklas Niki Blomberg
Costume design: Kaisa Nieminen, Marika Peura
Residency: Bora Bora Residency Centre / NREP - Nordic Residency Exchange Program
Supported by: Alfred Kordelinin säätiö, Taiteen edistämiskeskus
Pictures: Venla Helenius
Production: Zodiak; Kemppainen, Nieminen, Peura