The impetus for the work of ibodies is based on the fundamental insight that theatre – as an arena in which performance takes place – demands a unique and radical language that is useless and in the disservice of any agenda other than its own primacy as a form of language. As such, the poetics of awareness is an absolute given in our continued search for a radical scenic language.

During our residency at Konstepidemin we will work on a new piece that takes its point of departure from the following reasoning:

To be in favour or disgrace is to live in fear.
What does it mean, that to be in favour or disgrace, is to live in fear?
Favour debases–we either fear to lose it or we fear to win it.
So, to be in favour or disgrace is to live in fear.

These considerations will guide the work together with our invited international artists during our month-long stay.

BIO
ibodies are led by Anmar Taha and Josephine Gray. They have presented their work across Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Asia since 2009.