This performance is the result of two years of research on the notion of family heritage and intergenerational transmission and its impact on my identity and social construction. This research first took the form of an installation and then turned into a written work, giving birth to my thesis, to then conclude a first stage through performance. These three mediums allowed me to experiment and transmit differently over the months in order to refine and approach the research from a new angle each time.
For this performance, I built a costumed character (cape, dungarees, crochet hat), which interacts, thanks to gestures and sounds, with recordings of my grandmother and then with the reading of my mother's farewell letter by a pre-recorded voice. The performance has to be joyfully gritty to address the issue of controlling relationships within the family and to break the taboo of silence that fuels shame, fear, guilt and drama.
I would like to share the strength of the child who still lives and fuels a powerful engine.
I would like to share the resilience and healing.
And above all I would like to transmit the deep conviction that everything moves and that the cracks and crevices regenerate with attention and care for the suffering of the three times.