Dictée (Reading)

Dates
Performative Reading at 1220 Fußballverein, Kultursommer Vienna (AT) (07.08.2025)

Support
With the support of TURBO Research Residency, ImPulsTanz Festival Vienna (AT) at Praterateliers, PART International Art Residency Austria (AT)

1. She speaks in the dark. In the secret. The one that is hers. Her own. She speaks very softly.

2. You cannot go out he says you cannot join the D-e-m-o. De. Mo. A word, two sounds.

Description
The title of the book Dictée (1982) by poet and performance artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha refers to dictation – a hegemonic, linguistic, patriarchal instrument – and the hidden and visible violent power structures and fantasies to which (female) bodies and their voices are subjected. Following the methodology of fragmentation and voids the performative reading interweaves passages from Dictée with self-written fragments as well as excerpts from Herbert Melville’s ‚Bartleby the Scrivener‘, Ingeborg Bachmann’s ‚Malina‘, Jacques Derrida’s ‚Gesetzeskraft: Der mystische Grund der Autorität‘, Félix Guattari’s ‚Everybody wants to be a fascist‘, Kendrik Lamar’s ‚Money Trees‘ and Gigi D’Agostino’s ‚L’amour toujours‘ creating a contemporary echo inmidst uprising right-wing ideologies, fascist movements and authoritarian forces through vocal passages, rhythmic structures of speech with musical accompaniment.

Credits
Concept, Vocal Performance: Francesca Ferrari
Reading: Francesca Ferrari, Olivia Axel Scheucher
Sound: Paul Ebhart

Dictée (Reading)

1. She speaks in the dark. In the secret. The one that is hers. Her own. She speaks very softly. 2. You cannot go out he says you cannot join the D-e-m-o. De. Mo. A word, two sounds.

1. She speaks in the dark. In the secret. The one that is hers. Her own. She speaks very softly.

2. You cannot go out he says you cannot join the D-e-m-o. De. Mo. A word, two sounds.