And everything is porous as a bodily crack


A project by Alice Giuliani & Camilla Strandhagen 



Live Works Summit 2023, Centrale Fies (IT). PH Andrea Nicotra 



In And everything is porous as a bodily crack,
Alicé and Kmila travel through intimate, sci-fi, distorted galaxies
to talk about that which is so hard to explain.
They create an utopian dimension
where chronic illness is not anymore an invisible shadow
but a tangible creature.

Diving into Spoonieland,
an horizontal surface reminiscent of damaged epidermis,
their bodies can finally transform into their hidden and unspoken conditions:
they are antibodies rebelling against compulsory healthiness;
they become grub-lovers that melt into fatigue and chronic pain.
They play each other's guardian in the search for care and pleasure.

Deploying
experimental practices on how to exercise care,
this research echoes several theories from disability studies:

Christine Miserandino's
Spoon Theory 

The concept of Criptime 

Johanna Hedva's
Sick Woman Theory









Creation and performance
Alice Giuliani & Camilla Strandhagen

performance and sound design
Antonella Fittipaldi

Lights
Maureen Béguin

dramaturgical support 
Sophie Guisset

Scenography
Cathrin Jarema

Costumes & make up
Zoe Hagen 

Production and artistic assistant
Pierre-Louis Kerbart

This project has been selected for 
Produzione Live Works vol. 10 / Centrale Fies (IT)

Production 
Kustencentrum BUDA (BE) 
Beursschouwburg (BE)
workspacebrussels (BE)
Aldes-Spam! (IT)

Residency support 
CSC/Operaestate Festival (IT)
L’Estruch, fàbrica de creació (ES)


stills by Giacomo Del Sogno
from the residency in CSC/OperaEstate, Bassano del Greppa (IT), May 2023