Sheena McGrandles

Thursday 11.9. 18:00, Heizhaus (Uferstraße 23, 13357 Berlin)

What is work when it no longer produces anything but the appearance of order? Can we ever work our way out of work? And if work is a process without end — is it still yours to escape?

In the empty hall of the Heizhaus, “WORK IT OUT” by Sheena McGrandles unfolds as a duet between the performer Martin Hansen and the musician Marta Forsberg. The choreographic sonic essay that leans into the formal logics of ballet and Irish step dance, stages a figure at work—on work. Between protest and poetry, physical essay and speculative fiction, “WORK IT OUT” confronts the mythologies and materialities of labour — not just as employment, but as ideology, identity and desire. Through rhythm, repetition, autofiction, and textual fragments “WORK IT OUT” creates a rupture and transforms into an endless rehearsal — a refusal to resolve.

*“WORK IT OUT”, is a precursor to “TOIL” which premieres in HAU 2 in December.