Mycelium
The second part of an artistic exploration of the maternal body, drawing on societal, microbiological, folktale and dream-based body images.
MYCELIUM — A nourishing community (2021). Based on various oral traditions of the stories of Baba Yaga, an ambivalent mother and witch figure from Russian folk tales. MYCELIUM is (after MASA MATER) the second part of an artistic exploration of the maternal body. Drawing on societal, microbiological, folktale, and dream-based body images, we embark on a search for the maternal body. The boundaries between organisms blur — we exchange information between yeast bacteria and skin cells, between eardrum and optic nerve. We grow, we expand, we divide into a thousand pieces. Where does my body begin? And am I actually here voluntarily? MYCELIUM has been invited to numerous international festivals and was nominated for the Greenhorn Prize at the Figura Festival in 2024. In 2025, Mycelium won the Jury Award at the Spectaculo Interessen Festival in Ostrava.
Bio
Annina Mosimann, born in Bern in 1991, is a puppeteer, performer, and visual artist. She studied Fine Arts at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) and Puppetry at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts, and works as a freelance artist and theatre practitioner. Annina Mosimann's work exists at the intersection of performing and visual arts, as well as experimental music, focusing on figures, objects, materials, and the human body. Corporeality, in-between spaces, the unconscious, and the relationship between people and the things that surround us are central themes in her often whimsical, absurd, and humorous performances. Her works « Masa Mater » (2020), « Mycelium » (2021), and « Bestiarium » (2024) have been invited to numerous international festivals. Her latest production, « Bestiarium, » was selected for the Swiss Young Talent Award for Performing Arts, PREMIO 2024. She also collaborates in various formations with theatre collectives in Switzerland, Germany, and France. Collaborations include those with Nicole Mossoux, Julika Mayer, Elise Vigneron, Lutz Grossmann, and Renaud Herbin.
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