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Mattatoio, Roma
Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4
Largo G. B. Marzi 10

25&26.07.2021
On the 26th, the performance will be followed by a conversation between Simone Aughterlony and Ilenia Caleo.

Simone Aughterlony & Hahn Rowe
‚BIOFICTION‘

Within the framework of re – creatures at Mattatoio, Istituto Svizzero is pleased to present Biofiction, a performance by artist Simone Aughterlony in collaboration with violinist and composer Hahn Rowe.

An unusual love story involving many players, an unexpected clearing in untamed nature, a close-up of human and non-human assemblages and their affections. Biofiction creates a new horizontal terrain that offers a plurality of beings without any ontological hierarchy. What may be considered an inadequate stimulus in daily life is explored for its specific and sensual qualities, revealing an irrational love of matter. The intimate relationship, the dance that evokes actions relating to work, pleasure, coexistence and simply „being with“ rejects the codified division between nature and culture, male and female, and every other kind of binary vision. 

The practice spawns a queer conscience and builds a landscape that is both present and utopian. Understanding Biofiction as the narrative of a sexuality that does not yet exist – intriguing and challenging conventions and identifications – means that this choreographic work is an ongoing practice of forging the world.

For the first time in Rome, Biofiction, like Aughterlony’s other works, triggers a dialogue between alternative forms of relationship in order to cause the emergence of new constellations as possibilities for the reconfiguration of a culture for being together.

Biofiction is co-produced with the support of Istituto Svizzero and it is part of re-creatures, curated by Ilaria Mancia.

Download the complete program here.