Caught up between rebirth and the apocalypse, we ask – together with our smartphones: What are the narratives that make our being in this world kind of meaningful? What’s our relationship with death? Why are we so eager to ignore its presence in our everyday lives? And what does death mean for queer family structures?

For Henrike Iglesias, phenomena of popular culture and the mass media mirror social situations and grievances, so they set out to shed a light on them from queer and feminist perspectives. They do experimental performances and are based in Berlin and Basel, the regular crew including Anna Fries, Eva G. Alonso, Malu Peeters, Marielle Schavan, and Sophia Schroth. Their shows are mostly shown at SOPHIENSÆLE in Berlin, and have been invited to such events as the Heidelberger Stückemarkt, the FIBA Festival in Buenos Aires, the Berlin Theatertreffen’s Digital Showcase, and Politik im Freien Theater. Their pieces OH MY! (imagetanz festival, 2019), FRESSEN (‘Gorging’, 2020), and UNDER PRESSURE (2021) were presented at brut Wien. https://henrikeiglesias.com

INFO: This is an interactive performance. Each audience member needs a mobile phone to participate in the performance. If you cannot bring a smartphone, the performance collective will provide you one to participate in the performance.

CONTENT NOTE: In the performance, death and grief are explicitly addressed and the experiences of those affected are shared (including a detailed description of a child loss in a chat history).