THE LAST FEMINIST
(c) Hanna Fasching
(c) Hanna Fasching
(c) Hanna Fasching
(c) Hanna Fasching
In search of the first feminists, ‘THE LAST FEMINIST’ begins in a dystopian city. Here, the end of the planet seems more real than the end of capitalism. The last committed feminist sets out as a time traveller on the trail of vanished cosmologies destroyed by colonialism. Along the way, she joins militant princesses, queer cryptofeminists, emotional bitches, and post-dramatic witches. Together, they awaken feminist memory that started way before the so-called first wave of feminism, memory carried in ancestral songs, in the silenced names, and people left out of the frame, memory that is defiantly unruly. They rhyme, sing, and rap, carried by poetics that seek feminist solidarity in failure. The multidisciplinary piece fuses feminist performance, battle rap, experimental pop, ceremony and concert into a charged space of reimagining. ‘THE LAST FEMINIST' unfolds as a long, polyphonic song in four episodes, a story told in fragments and rhymes, shaped by radical kinship and decolonial and queer perspectives. Between concert and ceremony, a living score emerges from rhythm, rhyme and refrain, unfolding waves that weave themselves into the textures of revolutionary love.
Created under the artistic direction of Myassa Kraitt, ‘THE LAST FEMINIST’ brings together performers and musicians in an interdisciplinary practice merging rap, poetry, performance, ritual and experimental pop as well as theory and practice. The polyvocal trans/non-binary choir led by Gloria Amesbauer accompanies Kraitt’s politically grounded libretto between concert and ceremony. In her body of work Kraitt explores feminist memory, epistemic violence and resistance through rhythm, embodiment and anti-colonial poetics.
Direction, concept, idea, and lyrics Myassa Kraitt Musical direction and composition Gloria Amesbauer Music production and rap music Oliver Cortez Performers Denise Palmieri, Luis Javier Murillo, Iris Omari Ansong, Myassa Kraitt Musicians Gloria Amesbauer, José Luis Borja Castellano, Luí Matias dos Santos, Kem Kolleritsch, Ilay Schwingshandl, Yasko Koch Inside eye and dramaturgy Ivana Pilić Costume Heike Bülk Lighting design Mirza Kebo Stage design concepts Vi Pham Tùng Production Mika Maruyama Technical assistance and rap coaching Sufian Kraitt Outside eye Steffo Sourial, Veza Fernández Camera and technical equipment for the stage Hubert Marz Video and visual operation Rawan Almukhtar Animation and logo Xingrui Translation Ivana Pilić, Götz Leineweber, Dilan Şengül Video direction Dilan Şengül Video editing Rawan Almukhtar, Kem Kolleritsch Camera operation Roland Pfisterer Camera operation assistance Mehrdad Derafshi Video production on-site assistance Markus Hug, Zeynep Alan, Miwa Negoro
A co-production by Rewaq – Verein zur Förderung feministischer und diskriminierungskritischer Kunst und Kultur and brut Wien.
Thanks to Studio Mänada, Vereinigung Bildender Künstler*innen Österreich (VBKÖ).
With kind support of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport.
Created under the artistic direction of Myassa Kraitt, ‘THE LAST FEMINIST’ brings together performers and musicians in an interdisciplinary practice merging rap, poetry, performance, ritual and experimental pop as well as theory and practice. The polyvocal trans/non-binary choir led by Gloria Amesbauer accompanies Kraitt’s politically grounded libretto between concert and ceremony. In her body of work Kraitt explores feminist memory, epistemic violence and resistance through rhythm, embodiment and anti-colonial poetics.