Trilogie In Praise of Vulnerability: DOOM

For the first time, Teresa Vittucci is presenting her trilogy In Praise of Vulnerability in its entirety. The works HATE ME, TENDER, DOOM and SANE SATAN will all be performed at Tanzhaus Zurich in the same week. A rare opportunity to experience Vittucci's work as a concentrated load (once again).

In DOOM, the second part of the trilogy In Praise of Vulnerability, Teresa Vittucci and composer and performer Colin Self explore the origins of femininity as established in Greek mythology and the biblical Book of Genesis with the characters Eve and Pandora. Both are portrayed in their stories as the first women in the world. In Christian-Jewish and other Abrahamic societies, their stories continue to have an impact to this day. They lay the foundations for what is understood, shaped and limited as feminine.

Eve and Pandora, whose stories are still read today as cautionary tales about the dangers of female knowledge, shape the understanding of femininity and the position of women, as well as all those assigned to this gender, in social structures. The play examines these figures, their parallel fates, the way they are told, and the effects these narratives have.
In a combination of poetry and humour characteristic of Vittucci, the two performers venture into the field of uncertain knowledge that these stories convey. Who gets hurt when female curiosity encounters patriarchal structures? And what risk does the decision to look anyway entail?

Following the event on 9 April, there will be a public discussion between Teresa Vittucci and Dr. phil. Andrea Zimmermann, research assistant, project manager for "Gender and Diversity Monitoring in Cultural Institutions".

HATE ME, TENDER will be shown on 7 April. SANE SATAN will be shown on 12 April.