HeartAnger
What is the connection between a nuclear reactor and female anger?
Olivia Csiky Trnka discusses this seething emotion that society suppresses in women but values in men. If contained, could female anger generate energy, much like the atomic nuclei locked inside nuclear reactors? The author has explored power plants and probed their effervescence, weaving a metaphor between two forces that are falsely tamed yet truly politicized.
A fog chamber sets the stage. How does one dance with radiation? Tragedy and disasters loom as Chernobyl is repopulated by female wolves… Would it truly be a catastrophe to let this anger explode?
In partnership with the Swiss Cultural Center. On Tour.
This production received support from an arts/science residency program launched jointly by La Grange, Centre / Arts et Sciences / UNIL – Lausanne, Hexagone Scène nationale – Meylan, and La Scène de recherche – ENS Paris-Saclay.