Baggage

"In my performances I assume various
iconic personae, creatures who are always
situated as trapped, or on the edge of
breaking down. They are not characters
but personae, aspects of myself. I disappear
as they emerge." (Anita Ponton)

The isolated figure of the lone female is central to Anita
Ponton’s live performances that address such issues as
violence, power and silence.

In Baggage (8’), the performer sits onstage in a pool of
blue light, while her own pre-recorded voice on the soundtrack
gently berates her, and at the same time echoes and
doubles back on itself, making it hard to hear. This is a
woman caught in a place somewhere between life and
death, trapped in a kind of limbo. Perhaps it is the voice
of her conscience that tells her story, a story of rejection,
revenge and suicide. Throughout the performance her
composure breaks down – she trembles and shakes to the
point of physical breakdown.

(Baggage will be performed at 10 pm on Wednesday
12th October in KUD France Prešeren, prior to the
concert by Natalie Rose LeBrecht.)
Milijana Babić

Organisation: City of Women
In collaboration with: Galerija Kapelica; Kinodvor; KUD France Prešeren