Simone Aughterlony on Queer Kinship and the Future of Performance
At the ninth BIG Bari International Gender Festival, held at Teatro Kismet in Bari, Simone Aughterlony, an independent non-binary artist from Berlin and Zurich, showcased their interactive piece 'Remaining Strangers.' This work wraps up a trilogy exploring the concept of the stranger, which also includes 'Compass' and 'Maintaining Stranger.' With eighteen years of experience in choreographic creation, Aughterlony has collaborated with notable artists such as Meg Stuart and Forced Entertainment. Their recent projects feature 'Biofiction,' 'Uni * Form,' and 'Everything Fits In The Room.' In a recent interview, they reflected on their collaborative approach, drawing from feminist and trans-feminist theories, while criticizing funding cuts in the arts, asserting that 'money controls the future' and calling for active engagement in group encounters.
Key facts
- Simone Aughterlony presented 'Remaining Strangers' at the ninth BIG Bari International Gender Festival, premiering at Teatro Kismet in Bari.
- Aughterlony is a non-binary independent artist based in Berlin and Zurich, working in dance, performance, and visual arts.
- They have developed choreographic works with queer spirit for eighteen years.
- Collaborators include Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods and Forced Entertainment.
- Works 'Biofiction', 'Uni * Form' (with Jorge León), and 'Everything Fits In The Room' (with Jen Rosenblit) were commissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and presented at the 2018 Venice Biennale Teatro.
- Aughterlony cites feminist and trans-feminist theorists including Sara Ahmed, Anne Carson, Bruno Latour, Paul B Preciado, Jane Bennett, and Jean-Luc Nancy.
- They led a workshop titled 'Rituals and Remedies in Troubling Times'.
- Aughterlony states 'money controls the future' and criticizes arts funding cuts and institutional constraints.
Entities
Artists
- Simone Aughterlony
- Meg Stuart
- Jorge León
- Jen Rosenblit
- Saša Božic
- Petra Hrašcanec
- Sara Ahmed
- Anne Carson
- Bruno Latour
- Paul B Preciado
- Jane Bennett
- Jean-Luc Nancy
Institutions
- BIG Bari International Gender Festival
- Teatro Kismet
- HAU Hebbel am Ufer
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- Biennale Teatro di Venezia
- Damaged Goods
- Forced Entertainment
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Bari
- Italy
- Venice