Hometown: SODOM is an immersive installation performance reimagining the biblical myth of Sodom as a metaphor for contemporary social and political issues. This project delves into the myth, examining its historical weaponization to enforce societal boundaries and stigmatize "the other." Set within interconnected spaces, the project blends set design, video, sound, and live performance. Each space explores themes of desire, destruction, and otherness. It draws on diverse artistic disciplines and collaborations. Audiences move freely, encountering performers and interactive elements that challenge perceptions and invite reflection on exclusion, identity politics, and the tension between connection and destruction, intimacy and violence; aiming to create a brave space for audiences to confront personal and collective taboos while fostering critical dialogue about the structures that shape our society.
Alongside the performance installation, a written component in the form of a fictional ethnography booklet of Sodom portrays figures and objects, rituals and texts relevant to the reconstruction of the myth of Sodom within the performative work. In this portrait, I aim to unfold some of the reflections and references that have guided my research process.