Performed at

LOFFT - DAS THEATER, Leipzig (December 2019)

Studio Skaftarp (October 2020)

Vitlycke - Centre for Performing Arts (October 2020)

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Concept and Direction: Clara Sjölin

Creation and Performance: Camilla Isola, Josefina Maro, Svenja Bühl, Chema Rios Gutierrez and Madeleine Jonsson

Video: Julia Sjölin

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In the first presentation of Despairing Brainchild, the hairy, panting creatures with their extended floating organs were taken on a journey through varying realms. They searched for a shelter, worshiped the water, and encountered a world of despair in malady. Their journey ended with the arrival to another planet, or might it be afterlife. Forever Lost is the second part of this odyssey, where these fictive creatures enter new terrain, confronted with another set of strange obstacles.

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This work is driven by the fascination of the creativity of our brains – capability of creating a myriad of realities in a mashup of past experiences and projected futures. Despairing Brainchild/Forever Lost is a playful performance approaching the obscurity and fearfulness in a childish manner. It is a sphere where the grip of what is up and down, before and after, dream and real, might go lost for all involved.

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Made in collaboration with Werkstattmacher e.V. and LOFFT - DAS THEATER. Further developed at Studio Skaftarp. Funded by Kulturamt Leipzig, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and Region Jönköping.

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Review in Leipziger Volkszeitung