SILK Cie.
For A…
Faces of a post-industrial diva
subsequent to "Function Man"
For A… explores the construction of gender and how it is represented in society. The popular culture of the post-industrial age has revealed female subjects presenting themselves in different kinds of manners between self-staging and staging the other. Femininity can be used as a reflective screen for male fantasies. On the other hand, femininity can also serve as a social mechanism for subordination to a pre-existing order or as a mechanism of self-exploitation. Women as subjects often represent themselves using male imagery: as nymphets, sluts, queens or divas.
In a close-up, the human face is smoothed. A “face” has neither depth nor shallowness. It is simply smooth. It lacks inwardness. “Face” means “façade” (from the Latin “facies”). (Byung-Chul Han: Die Errettung des Schönen (“Saving the Beautiful”). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2015.)
Silke Grabinger’s solo scrutinises the phantasma of the woman in the information society. It analyses concepts of being a woman and the way these concepts affect the female identity. The performance thus becomes a reflective screen for the faces this woman chooses to have, those she adopts unquestioned and those that are read into her. Aptly, For A… is always intended for the other, for someone or something, just not for itself.
Silke Grabinger is a dancer, choreographer and artist. In her works and concepts, she combines urban contemporary dance with performance and visual art. She puts a special focus on the critical analysis of social phenomena, artistic paradigms and the function or position of the audience. For A... marks Silke Grabinger’s first visit to the brut stage.
Credits
Idea
Silke Grabinger, Dave St-Pierre
Concept, Choreography, Performance
Silke Grabinger
Dramaturgy, production management
Angela Vadori
Künstlerische Assistenz
Olga Swietlicka
Sound
Audio Bomba
Lighting/projection
Peter Thalhamer
Costume design
Bianca Fladerer
Set design
Jenny Schleif
Assistant
Paula Galimany
A production of SILK Cie. in co-production with SILK Fluegge and brut Wien. Funded by the City of Linz’s and the Province of Upper Austria’s Departments of Cultural Affairs, the Austrian Federal Chancellery and the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs. With the kind support of Ankerbrotfabrik Vienna, Posthof Linz, Tabakfabrik Linz, Kulturzentrum Hof.
Dates & Tickets
Day passes for 11 March (also valid for Function Man) are available here.
Day passes for 12 March (also valid for Out of my mind, You will figure it out and Function Man) are available here.
March 2016
single ticket 16 € / 12 € / 8 €
single ticket 16 € / 12 € / 8 €
brut
Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien
brut all over Vienna
brut nordwest
accessible
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
accessible
studio brut
not accessible
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
not accessible
Breitenseer Lichtspiele
not accessible
Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Hütteldorfer Straße) Tram: 10 (Laurentius Platz), 49 (Hütteldorfer Straße)