Virginia Was Not Fun At All, premiere of a live performance in the frame of 14th Performance Reihe Neu-Oerlikon 2023, Oerliker Park, Zurich, curated by Maricruz Penaloza and Biljana Tanurovska-Kjulavkovski. Photo: Markus Goessi.
She wears a pink robe, loosely draped over her body, and has four large sacks. She fills them all with stones. She looks like a priestess who knows we will follow her. Her hair is wild and supports her determination. She holds a thick, handwritten book. ‘Like Moses on Mount Sinai,’ I think. We follow the woman in long strides from here to there. Then to the soccer field! Symbols are laid out with the stones. She sits, stands, and dances in them. ‘Internal voice cannot be avoided,’ I hear through the howling soccer players. (Lilian Frei, Zürich 14. / 15. /16. September 2023. On behalf of the 14th PERFORMANCE REIHE NEU-OERLIKON 2023)
