GOAT SONG

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GOAT SONG
A sharing by Claire Vivianne Sobottke

In GOAT SONG, Claire Vivianne Sobottke embodies hunters and animals and asks how masculinity is put in the service of death. A sharing of ongoing research.

GOAT SONG is a choreographic and musical investigation into the history and practice of hunting. Claire Vivianne Sobottke approaches hunting as a ritualised act of killing, raising questions of violence, hierarchy and domination.

She embodies hunter figures, masculinities that are socially sanctioned to kill, alongside playful embodiments of animal figures. In doing so, she explores how gender becomes entangled with violence, and how masculinity is put in the service of death.

The title refers to the Greek word for tragedy: tragōidía, literally “goat song”, from tragos (“goat”) and aoidē (“song”).

In this sharing, Claire Vivianne Sobottke presents the current state of the research.

without registration

Duration:

30 min

German / English

No reservation required.

The work may contain depictions of violence and sexual violence, nudity, and images and videos involving the use of guns.

Sharings offer a glimpse into the creative process behind an artistic work. After the presentation, there will be a brief audience discussion. This provides the audience with an opportunity to ask questions, share thoughts, and engage in direct dialogue with the artists.

Tanzhaus Zürich

Studio 2

Wheelchair accessible

Warning

  • Themes of sexual violence and abuse of power
  • Nudity
Person with a bunny-ear headband and blue make-up streaks under the eyes looks into the camera, mouth slightly open.
A person sits on the floor among artificial body parts: feet, hands, hair, a pelvis. A life-size doll lies beside them.
A person in a suit of armour pulls on a rope in an attic studio. A white curtain in the background, props on the floor.
A person with a painted-on beard kneels and draws a bow and arrow. White ruffled blouse, braces, short black trousers.
A person lies on dark soil, one leg stretched in the air, tongue out. Cabbage plants and a stone nearby.
Artistic Direction, Choreography
Claire Vivianne Sobottke
Residencies
PACT Zollverein (Essen), BAU (Amsterdam), BUDA (Kortrijk)
Special thanks
to the artists who have shared parts of this research so far: Flora Détraz, Blanca Tehran Gòmez