In And everything is porous as a bodily crack, Alicé and Kmila travel through intimate, sci-fi, distorted galaxies to talk about that which is so hard to explain. They create a utopian dimension where chronic illness is not an invisible shadow anymore but a tangible creature.

Diving into spoonieland, a horizontal surface reminiscent of damaged epidermis, their bodies can finally transform into their hidden and unspoken conditions: they are antibodies rebelling against compulsory healthiness; they become grub-lovers that melt into fatigue, chronic pain and panic attacks. They play each other’s guardian in the search for care and pleasure.

Deploying experimental practices on how to exercise care, this research echoes several theories from disability studies (Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory, the concept of criptime, Johanna Hedva’s Sick Woman Theory) and our own personal experiences.

Alice Giuliani (IT) & Camilla Strandhagen (NO)

Alice & Camilla met three years ago in Brussels. Their work resides in the field of dance and performance. Their spoonie sisterhood unfolds in fictional characters that investigate how chronic illness brought them together, closer to the murky borderlands and their superpowers.