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To the Aching Parts! (Manifesto)

Magazine

16 March 2020
This month's topic: Close to the body

To the Aching Parts! (Manifesto)

Attempt

Learn

Name

 

Repeat

Repeat

Repeat

 

Attempt

Learn

Name

 

Pronounce

Claim

Proclaim

 

Divide

Memorise

Solidify

 

Divide

Memorise

Solidify

 

Solidify

Sediment

Structure

 

Sedate

Simplify

Structure

 

Surrender

Structure

Survive

 

Survive

Survive

Survive

 

Surrender

Surrender

Surrender

 

Name

Let go

Attempt

 

Tempt

Salivate

Suck

 

Seduce

Speak

Suck

 

Suck

Spit

Soothe

 

Stutter

Spit

Soothe

 

H-h-hurt

Hurt

Hurt

 

Hurt

Remember

Name

 

Define

Traumatise

Trace

 

Trigger

Target

Name

 

Us

&

Them

 

Us

vs

Them

 

Salivate

Shame

Blame

 

Call out

Attempt

Blame

 

Erect

Protect

Correct

 

Construct

Defend

Defend

 

Identify

Identify

Verify

 

Identity

Glorify

Falsify

 

Oppress

Oppress

Progress

 

Victimise

Victimise

Compromise

 

Compromise

Compress

Crack

 

Crystalise

Solidify

Crack

 

Open

Progress

Now

 

Remember

Regress

Regret

 

Open

Regret

Regress

 

Regret

Progress

Progress

 

Act

Right

Now

 

Fetishise

Freedom

Radicalise

 

Mumble

Optimism

Freedom

 

Repeat

Repeat

Repeat

 

Fetishise

Freedom

Radicalise

 

Question

Dependency

Binary

 

Fetishise

Binary

Free

 

Free

Attempt

Protect

 

Speak

Attempt

Protect

 

Speak

Protect

Attempt

 

Produce

Multiply

Sad

 

Abundant

Joy

Fat

 

Abundant

Joy

Fat

 

Desire

Disabled

Fat

 

Fat

Desire

Abundance

 

Fat

Desires

Abundance

 

Wealth

Abundance

Progress

 

Digest

Dysphoric

Desire

 

Identity

Desire

Identical

 

Identity

Desire always wants to repeat itself. What if I don’t

only desire things and people I already know from

others are attractive?

 

Desire

Disables

Habit

 

Complain

Complain

Unite

 

Unite

Unite

Disturb

 

Complain

Unite

Disturb

 

Disturb

Distrust

Desire

 

Desire

Unite

Name

 

Name

Unite

Desire

 

Name

Unites

Desire

 

Demand

Dissolve

Name

 

Name

Dissolves

Desire

 

Distract

Dissolve

Name

 

Claim

Complain

Name

 

Complain

Chronic

Name

 

Complain

Chronic

Claim

 

Chronic

Unspeakable

Advocate

 

Abstract

Advocate

Unspeakable

 

Abstract

Promiscuous

Scrupulous

 

Oral

Delicious

Viral

 

Promiscuous

Oral

Truth

 

Marginal

Wounded

Militant

 

Protection

Seduction

Identity

 

Independent

Identity

Sexy

 

Identity

Ability

Sexy

 

Identity

Name

Home

 

Identity

Name

Home

 

Identity

Name

Home

 

Run

Before

They catch you!

 

Class

Identity

Dependency

 

Class

Less

Home

 

Classless

Classless

Classless

 

Classless

Classless

Classless

 

United

Nostalgic

Divided

 

Epidemic

Minority

Sacred

 

Different

Diverse

United

 

Different

Diverse

Divided

 

Community

Anatomy

Thing

 

Thing

Phenomenon

Name

 

Disorder

Disease

Rename

 

Phenomenon

Disorder

Rename

 

Bind

Community

Change

 

Oppose

Community

Change

Why do I have to do this in English?

 

Challenge

Name

Claim

 

Configure

Truth

Blame

 

Configure

Truth

Truce

 

Truth

Truce

Claim

 

Truth

Claim

Challenge

 

Social

Acronym

Destiny

 

Social

Acronym

Destiny

 

L

G

B

 

You

&

Me

 

1

2

3

 

H

I

V

 

L

G

B

 

L

G

B

 

L

G

B

 

Lube

Glutes

Biceps

 

Libidinal

Gore

Business

 

Lubricate

Gender

Binary

 

F

T

M

 

M

T

F

 

FTM

MTF

FTM

 

FTM

FTM

FTM

 

Future

Terminate

Masculine

 

Future

Terminates

Masculine

 

Fearless

Tender

Male

 

Feel

This

Moment

 

D

N

A

 

Disorder

Nostalgic

Agressive

 

Disorder

Normalize

Agressive

 

Passive

Future

Agressive

 

Chronic

Future

Agressive

 

Future

Chronic

Abstract

 

Undo

Anatomy

Identity

 

Inject

Eject

Name

 

Anatomy

Inject

Name

 

Witness

Self

Name

 

Self

Name

Make

 

Lubricate

Lisp

Learn

 

Educate

Agitate

Salivate

 

Educate

Agitate

Salivate

 

Pleasure

Regime

Pain

 

Sacrify

Liquify

Objectify

 

Activist

Versus

Passivist

 

Passive

Agressive

Active

 

Able

Activates

Passive

 

Able

Activates

Passive

 

Active

Disables

Passive

 

Disable

Active

Passive

 

Disabled

Versus

Passive

 

Disabled

Versus

Passive

 

Disabled

Versus

Passive

 

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Dyke

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fag

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

 

Dyke

Fag

Fuck

 

Dyke

Fag

Fuck

 

Dyke

Fuck

Fag

 

Dyke

Fucks

Fag

 

Dyke Fucks Fag

Dyke Fucks Fag

Dyke Fucks Fag

 

Dyke Fucks Fag

Dyke Fucks Fag

Dyke Fucks Fag

 

Fuck

Fag

Fuck

Fag

Fuck

Fag

Fuck

Fag

Fag

Fag

 

Fag Fucks Dyke

Fag Fucks Dyke

Fag Fucks Dyke

 

Fag Fucks Dyke

Fag Fucks Dyke

Fag Fucks Dyke

 

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Normalize

Sabotage

Sabotage

Sabotage

Sabotage

Sabotage

Sabotage

Logic

 

Normalize

Sabotage

Logic

 

Normalize

Danger

Sabotage

 

Sabotage

Logic

Danger

 

Surrender

Danger

Logic

 

Normalize

Ally

Surrender

 

Heal

Ally

Surrender

 

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

Ally

 

Desire

Disables

Habit

 

Attempt

Unlearn

Name

 

Attempt!

Unlearn!

Name!

Ania Nowak: To the Aching Parts! (Manifesto) from HAU Hebbel am Ufer on Vimeo.

Comissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer for ”Manifestos for queer futures”. A project by HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Comissioner for Culture and the Media.

Ania Nowak’s expanded choreographic practice approaches vulnerability and desire as ways towards reimagining what bodies and language can do.
(photo credit: Melanie Jame Wolf )

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