
In Submission Submission, Bryana Fritz embodies the role of an ‘amateur hagiographer’. The amateur being both a beginner and a lover. The hagiographer, as in the Medieval literary genre hagiography, the writing of saints’ lives. In a series of performative portraits, Fritz embodies the corporal, rhetorical, and performative strategies that Medieval women saints used to subvert their restricted lives, deaths, and passions. Submitting her physical and digital body to holy echoes from the past, she dissects and harnesses the tools that give body. Submission Submission is a growing codex of performative portraits of Medieval women saints.
For Moving in November, the portraits of Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Christina of Bolsena, and Joan of Arc will be presented.
Bryana Fritz is a choreographer, dancer, and writer. She works at the intersection between literature and performance often in duet with the user interface of OS X. Her work is fed by a continued interest in medieval literature, fan fiction, media studies, and histories of illiteracy. She also collaborates with Henry Andersen under the moniker Slow Reading Club.
Venue
Caisa, Kaikukatu 4B, 00530 Helsinki
Time
09.11.2023 19.00
10.11.2023 19.00
Soup Talk 10.11. klo 12
Tickets
17,50 € / 33,50 €
Duration: 1h
Language: English
Please note: Stroboscope effects are used in this performance. In one scene you will encounter pornographic content.
Performance, text, and choreography: Bryana Fritz
Dramaturgy: Tom Engels
Technical and artistic support: Alice Panziera
Sculptural objects for the portrait of Saint Lucy: Iris Marchand
Music partially based on: ‘Like a Prayer’ by Madonna, ‘Monsters’ by Heavens to Betsy, ‘Hamster Baby’ by Bikini Kill, ‘Is It Dark?’ by Liza ’N’Eliaz, ‘Christina the Astonishing’ by Nick Cave, ‘Agnus Dei’ by Hilliard Ensemble, and ‘Che ti nova Nasconder’, ‘Senti Tu Damor’, ‘Aquila Altera’,‘Alta Serena Luce’, ‘O Crudel Donna’ by Ensemble Syntagma
Special thanks to: Christina the Astonishing, Joan of Arc, Christina of Bolsena, Hildegarde of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, Catherine of Sienna, Lucy of Syracuse, Teresa of Avila, Iris Marchand, Henry Andersen, Thibault Lac, Sarah Leck, Emmanuelle Raoul-Duval, & VCX Adult Entertainment.
With the support of: Performatik19, Beursschouwburg, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, LOD muziektheater, and CCN-Orléans.
Delegated production: La Briqueterie
Photo: Michiel Devijver
Visit in collaboration: Caisa
Visit supported by: The Government of Flanders, Institut Français Finlande.
Performance is part of the Focus on Flanders.