Performance
90 min
English spoken language
English subtitles
Concept: Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Performers: Miriam Cochanski, Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Visuals: Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Irina Nodirova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Text contributions: Irina Nodirova, Mira Gafar
Accessibility dramaturgy: Ari Althaus, Kira Shmyr
Audio description: Ari Althaus, Miriam Cochanski, Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Sound and light: Georgii Malykh
Projection mapping: Bryan Schall
Video documentation: Can Kurucu
Supported by
IMPACT-Förderung
90 min
English spoken language
English subtitles
Concept: Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Performers: Miriam Cochanski, Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Visuals: Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Irina Nodirova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Text contributions: Irina Nodirova, Mira Gafar
Accessibility dramaturgy: Ari Althaus, Kira Shmyr
Audio description: Ari Althaus, Miriam Cochanski, Ziliä Qansurá, Jeanna Kolesova, Victoria Sarangova, Kira Shmyr
Sound and light: Georgii Malykh
Projection mapping: Bryan Schall
Video documentation: Can Kurucu
Supported by
IMPACT-Förderung
Kolesova’s contribution examines the entwined fates of land and people through the lens of the Soviet-era peat mining industry. It immerses the audience in the harsh realities of peat mining through the digital game ‘Torf Hero’ and its evocative characters: the Swamp Spirit, a spectral entity embodying the destruction of wetlands and the fire of resistance; the Indefatigable Woman, a relentless laborer scarred by industrial exploitation and unfulfilled dreams; and the Determined Man, a figure tethered to a crumbling past, unable to relinquish the remains of a dying industry. At the performance's core lies the connection between the Swamp Spirit and Juzgun, a resilient desert shrub—an intricate exchange of pain and survival, where destruction and renewal are inseparable. Together, these narratives—which the mainstream discourse often overlooks—confront environmental devastation, human endurance, and historical trauma, while daring to imagine paths toward regeneration.
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