Milan & Nina Marković Matthis: A LETTER TO HASEEBA (SE/RS)

Photo: archive of City of Women Association

Short piece about the European dream of the Other.

Nina Markovič Matthis, a Swedish, and Haseeba Kareya, a Syrian refugee, exchange a series of letters during Haseeba’s escape from the war-torn country.

“The most elementary fantasmatic scene is not that of a fascinating scene to be looked at, but the notion that “there is someone out there looking at us”; it is not a dream, but the notion that “we are the objects in someone else’s dream.” – S. Žižek

Within the 22. International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women.

Production: Bombina Bombast and FyraBen, supported by the Swedish Arts Council, the Skåne Regional Council and the Department of Culture in Malmö  

Nina Marković Matthis is a freelance actress and movement artist, working internationally from her base in Malmö. She graduated from Cantabile2’s School of Stage Arts, Denmark, in 2008, and has worked in several constellations and companies and on solo projects. Nina creates in a wide field of performing arts, including physical theatre, drama, storytelling, new circus, stage combat, butoh and more. www.ninamatthis.com

Milan Marković Matthis is an award-winning dramaturge, playwright and performer. The work in major theatre houses (national theatres in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy…) and that on the independent scene, present equally important parts of his artistic practice. The work that won him international acclaim was the 2012 piece They Live, created in the tradition of performance art and subversive affirmation. www.milan-markovic.com

30 min

Ticket prices: 7 eur, 5 eur (students, seniors)
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