The Woman’s tasks: hemming, knitting, weaving, sewing / Ženska dela: obrobljanje, vozljanje, pletenje, takanje

Ženska dela: obrobljanje, vozljanje, pletenje, takanje

December 2000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Venue

PREMIERE AND RERUNS:
LJUBLJANA, MODERNA GALERIJA, 07. 12. 2000
LJUBLJANA, CLUB K4, 31. 01. 2001

About

Bits of women’s dailiness. Bits from books, music, film and television. Bits of history and memory. Historical memory. Bits of life, here and now. Fundamental and unimportant bits. But so much more universal. These are the woman’s tasks. This theater does not want to be an wnswer, it is no longer a mirror., but rather a state of things. Our binding is the life itself. The weaving machine through which we have drawn our threads and put it into operation …

We hammed, knotted, knitted and wove stories. We composed, arranged and sewed them., and then tear them apart again. We swam into countless roles which we have been playing every day, here and now. We wove the woman’s tasks. Our work is but one attempt at the mystification of the figure of woman, redefinition of icons and verification of the state of things. Just what we women have been always been doing. Just like our icons, Svetlana, Laurie, Suzanne; just like Pipilotti, Gertrude, Marguerite … Just like all of us. This is what we wanted to tell with this production. And if succeeded at least a bit, the intended has been woven.

Cast & Crew

Directing and set design: Barbara Kapelj

Weavers: Damjana Cerne, Bara Kolenc, Romana Šalehar

Assistant director: Branka Macek
Set designer’s assistant: Ana Kapelj in Aleš Korpic
Dramaturgy: Amelia Kraigher
Music: Bojana Šaljic
Video: Urška Kos
Costume design: Urša Draž
Philosophy: Sabina Autor
Set producer: Jože Zajc
Production and public relations: Nataša Zavolovšek for Maska Productions
Premiere: 07.12.2000, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana