Faune Faune Faune

“I'm not interested in purely aesthetic production," says Swiss artist Lucie Eidenbenz. Created in 2019 as part of the "Comment habiter le monde" (“How to inhabit this world”) triptych, which also includes a podcast and a film, her "performance-cabin" is first and foremost a creative workshop and an experience in environmental co-reflection, in which spectators are stakeholders. Although its title evokes Nijinksi's Faun, it is not limited to a danced evocation of this cult piece, but proposes an interweaving of narratives and actions suggesting other poetic and interactive ways of "co-inhabiting the world". Accompanied by three performers acting as game leaders, the audience is invited to interact by reconnecting with the playful spirit of childhood. Whether modeling clay, creating a chalk drawing, learning the language of blackbirds, or practicing thumb-breathing like the famous Ballets Russes dancer, the essential thing is to "harvest possibilities". Then they’re off to a "thinking hut", the fragile shelter of a new human community.

Lucie Eidenbenz

Lucie Eidenbez's protean work spans over field surveys, stage performances, in situ and participatory performances, sound pieces and installations. Trained at the Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier, Eidenbez also studied social sciences in Lausanne, and she notably created "TSCHÄGG" in 2015 (3rd prize in the Reconnaissance Danse Competition). Her latest piece, the solo "The Waves", is inspired by Virginia Woolf's eponymous novel, and was presented in 2023 at the Mapping Festival in Geneva.