Zizi Zozio
A sung poem where the multiple voices of a stifled sexuality, a divided family, and the impossibility of love intertwine in a single language.
- 30 April – 03 May 2026 Arsenic — Lausanne, CH
Through words that are spoken, sung, whistled, chirped, whispered, groaned, shouted, and growled, a narrator, « the zizi zozio, » tells his lament. This romantic poem continues the journey already undertaken by Marvin M'toumo in Concours de larmes and Rectum Crocodile, this time with the unique presence of the artist on stage and a writing style with more autobiographical accents.
Bio
Marvin M'toumo is an artist and designer whose distinctive poetry transcends academic distinctions between art, theater, literature, and fashion, embracing a cross-disciplinary practice. A graduate of Villa Arson in Nice and the Fashion and Accessory Design section of the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), he is one of the winners of the Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival at Villa Noailles. He founded his own fashion label and performing arts company, through which he imagines, writes, directs, designs, performs, and creates the costumes for his first fashion show/performance, Concours de larmes, at the Théâtre de l'Usine in Geneva. In 2023, with his team, he produced his second fashion show/performance, Rectum Crocodile, a decolonial fable, presented at the ADC Pavilion in Geneva. He has since collaborated with the National Theater of Strasbourg and its students on a new fashion show/performance.