Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker
28th - 31st May 2011
Created one year later “Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker”, a partner piece of New York ’79, is both a love letter to a country that has lost its way and a raw examination of the legacy of scars of repression in the Belarusian capital where sexual freedoms are oppressed and perverted by the authoritarian regime.
“This is what makes the show remarkable: it is a cry of protest against a society where even private life is subject to regulation yet, at the same time, is imbued with a nostalgic patriotism and belief in the possibility of a better future”