DIGGING DEEP - Songs of Sediment

The site specific performance DIGGING DEEP reflects on layers of earth and it's hidden histories. Equipped with shovels, the audience is led on a journey through a field, to unearth secrets, dig out spells and dine in the archive of soil. A singing onion, a dancing coat and a talking bone await visitors with surprises. Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir, Claudia Lomoschitz and Crystal Wall share stories from the depth of the ground to imagine feminist futures through polyphonic songs.

DIGGING DEEP contradicts extractivist, patriarchal, colonial and capitalist views of earth as a mere resource. The performance understands soil as vibrant matter, constituted by various organisms throughout time. How can we find the sensitivity to listen to the voices of microorganisms and roots communicating within the soil? Who does the ground belong to? Who is digging in the earth? And what does the ground reveal about ourselves? 

Digging through time
Digging a secret
Digging as hard labor
Digging for lithium
Digging for fossils
Digging as extractivism
Digging for truth
Digging a grave
Digging for community
Digging for water
Digging a shelter
Digging as a child
Digging for activism
Digging deep

Please wear weather appropriate clothes, as the performance will take place on a field outdoors.

Meeting point: U2 Aspern Seestadt, Exit: Wangari-Maathai-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna