my home is not my home     

 Inspired by encounters with people on the margins of society; a dissection of trauma and revival, pain and transformation. In a devotional setting of sinister rituals and acts of liberation, Madonna and Jesus appear as trash prophets. Surrounded by a Paradise-Lost-iconography they deliver prayers for the outcasts and blessings for queer bodies. Alluding to feminist philosophy and politics of care, this is a piece dedicated to all those homesick for a better world.

 Since 2018 various site-specific, durational iterations have been presented at several bars in Regensburg/Bavaria*, at International Performance Crossings, Prague and at several underground venues in Berlin, including Loophole and the bathrooms and basements of Pandora Gallery.

Next stop: 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Zoo Venues

https://zoofestival.co.uk/programme/my-home-is-not-my-home/

director: Anna Valeska Pohl

performers: Michael Pöpperl, Anna Valeska Pohl

music: SwearxxxWords

photos: Bea Rodrigues, Tay Lunar

videos: Adriano Agostinacchio, Rachel M. Somerville

*first iterations of the piece were confronted with censorhip and caused an art scandal in Regensburg/Bavaria