For Donja Hota, Enkidu invites several artists: Betina Abi Habib, Leila Anderson, Ana Vilela Da Costa, Yasmine Deroui, Line Mertens, Arzu Saglam, Alma Saray and Nadia Lauro. They gather around the legacy of feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi and together adopt a collective identity, that of the figure Donja Hota.
As Donja Hota they reflect upon a life of dissidence:
jumping on the possibility of stubborn idealism,
preparing to fight for the cause of pleasure,
amplifying the root system,
examining the surreality of the tools we are given,
pulling strands of freedom from their body archive,
tearing at society’s foundational illusions,
generating an unfolding territory.
Donja Hota’s name mirrors that of Don Quixote. They are mistaken for a hero and a fool. Rather than chasing windmills, however, Donja Hota shares a life, as it can be lived.
From and with Betina Abi Habib, Leila Anderson, Ana Vilela Da Costa, Yasmine Deroui, Enkidu Khaled, Line Mertens, Arzu Saglam, Alma Saray
visual installation Nadia Lauro light design Luc Schaltin textual response Joachim Robbrecht process visualization Enrica Camporesi artistic inspiration Edit Kaldor technical support Hamdan Saray video work Dhyaa Joda armour knitting Chloé Courcelle movement tips Keyna Nara
production Platform 0090 / Enkidu Khaled coproduction Kaaitheater, De Brakke Grond, C-Takt, Het Laatste Bedrijf with the support of the Flemish Community, Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government and Gallop Tax Shelter
