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Starting from their own experiences with pregnancy, Anna Fries and Malu Peters deal with virtual wombs and the construct of a pregnant post-human. It perceives gender as non-binary, and nature and technology are not viewed as opposites. Its pregnancy is technology. Its body is both fiction as well as reality; it is animation as well as effigy. It is an ultimate, intimate experience of pluralism, possibility, and transformation. It is an attempt to rethink and re-experience being and becoming.

VIRTUAL WOMBS transfers virtual reality into the theatre space. Physical and virtual performers will take along small visitor groups on a tender journey into the pregnant post-human’s womb. VIRTUAL WOMBS is a hybrid constructed of a spatial sound environment, a lighting installation, and a virtual reality trip.

Cast
Anna Fries and Malu Peeters have been working together for many years in the context of the performance collective Henrike Iglesias and the game theater collective machina eX. Anna Fries is a director and performer, Malu Peeters a composer and sound designer. The two are passionate about virtual possibilities, immersive experiments, and taking audiences to unfamiliar places while creating safe and tender spaces.

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Performance: Asaf Aharonson. Digital Performance: Asaf Aharonson, Brandy Butler, Anna Fries, Olivia Hyunsin Kim, Ncube als Bibi, Fercha Pombo, Kübra Uzun, Wheelymum
Konzept, Inhalt, Künstlerische Leitung: Anna Fries. Konzept, Soundinstallation, Komposition: Malu Peeters. Technical Artist, Dramaturgie: Ambrus Ivanyos. Lichtinstallation, Lichtdesign: Eva G. Alonso. Kostümdesign: Tra My Nguyen. Kostümassistenz: Anne-Kristin Winzer. Kostüm Kübra: Kemal Yjlmaz. 3D-Animation: Lisa Kaschubat, Manuel Tozzi. 3D-Design Ectobag: Danielle Williams. Regieassistenz: Oriana Fasciati. Artistic Advice: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. Produktionsleitung D: Sina Kießling. Produktionsleitung CH: produktionsDOCK