With their queer suitcase full of quite a few native lands and countries of residence, they travelled slowly by bus all through South-Eastern Europe in a process of creating a performance about history, ignition, “patrides” and love – however scary all this might be! And they perform it in the courtyard of a church.
“There is love here. Sultry cavity filled with thick love. The coat of love envelops my body. Attaches to my skin and enters it like ingrown hair. The incisions of attachment swell, pumping me with dizzying oxytocin. I feel in love. I leave my own body and join the collective one. We love together. As people. As a nation. Our love is headless and scary. I feel scared of it too ‒ it’s all one big pulsing heart. In Bear, my love the love attachment to a country is explored. A genderqueer body enters a collective body of patriotism to touch its insides. We chose a Greek Orthodox church as a performance site as we see the church both as ‘a project of patriotism’ and ‘a project of love’.”
– Dash Che
“What Time is It” is 4 slow travelling artistic projects, bringing on artist or collective from one city to another, with possible performance stops. This travel period is followed by a residency in the city where the episodes takes place before and during one of the festivals.
