Rest/Odihnă

Rest/Odihnă is a performative exploration of a homo laboriosus and its bodies in contortion and exhaustion, between hurried work and futile work. How do we internalise the frameworks of work? A fitness coach and their “class”. A mother of two small children on the first day of school. A young woman with no job, who has time to get married. A subjective and entirely untrue history of work. A run that is (never!) easy.

Exhaustion builds up in the body like a new layer of skin. It has always existed, on either side of the capitalist hierarchy of work. So: who are we at work, and what is left of us outside it?

i am an overworked child with an electric charge of 1500 volts
direct current
i've rubbed my latex skin raw with calluses
lacking any instinct for self-preservation
i've learned heavy words
overload
plateau
demotivation

With: Diana Ștefania Maioru, Grigore Avram, Roxana Florescu
Director: Dominik M. M. Iabloncic
Choreography: Hunor Varga
Dramaturgy: Ioana Toloargă
Music: IXV
Lighting design: Dominik M. M. Iabloncic
Poster photo: Ioana Groza Pop

Please note: the show includes strobe lighting, which may cause discomfort or adverse reactions in people with photosensitive epilepsy or other neurological sensitivities. Please take this into account before attending.

Entry is free, with a 0-lei ticket booked online.