upcoming premiere
© Rani Fankha
February 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st 20:00 at brut nordwest.
No Place Like Home addresses the silence surrounding sexual violence within family systems, aiming to raise awareness of our collective responsibility and expose incestuous behavior hidden behind the shield of privacy. The work examines systemic abuse and manipulative mechanisms on legal, neurological, and political levels and their lifelong consequences for survivors: What values do we internalize after years of humiliation and violence? How can a body whose boundaries have been repeatedly violated reclaim its autonomy? What concepts of truth emerge when an entire environment’s main narrative is built on lies? How can home be associated with safety and security when it has been a site of crime for years?
The piece meanders through physical and psychological states that reveal the ambivalence between repulsion and attraction toward one’s own and other bodies. At times trapped in endlessly recurring spirals of memory, at times hopeful, empowered by queer desire.
Credits
Artistic direction & performance Malika Fankha Performance Oneka von Schrader Dramaturgy Asher Ó Gormáin Light Marek Lamprecht Sound Moët & Random (Bernd Ammann & Malika Fankha) Costume Goran Bugaric Makeup Lisa Frantz Flyer design Rani Fankha Production management mollusca productions Residency partners im_flieger Wien, Tanzhaus Zürich Special thanks to Bears in the Park
A co-production by FANKS and brut Wien
Funded by the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs (MA7)
With the kind support of the Swiss Embassy in Vienna