What Has Been Written in My Flesh – 21.11

In the performance “What Has Been Written in My Flesh”, there is a person on stage, but they are not the protagonist. They are in the Space. In an ordinary apartment building. The person is at the mercy of the Space, and the Space has its own will and the ability to dictate the course of things. The Space demands servitude from its inhabitants, offering in return the warmth of home, a sense of security, a dry place and a roof over their heads when foul weather drives us into our kennel. In return, we repair the roof, scrub the floors, change the wallpaper, fix the wobbly table leg, do the laundry, beat the carpets, submit the water readings, clean the stairwell, freshen up the toilet, heat the stove, and patch the tablecloth. The bathroom drain is blocked again, we probably need to start cooking, the stove is so dirty, there is no milk for the coffee, we’ll have to stop by the shop later, and get some sausage for the bread in the morning. Who is honking like that under the window again now… Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest and Urmas Lüüs’s performance looks between worlds. It is both a theatre performance and a spatial installation, a collage of soundscapes and an anthropological observation. Everyday moments and existential eruptions are born in the performance; the focus is on reality, perhaps also hyperreality—all that is born and remains unnoticed in every Space. Authors and performers: Marika Vaarik, Lauri Lest, Urmas Lüüs. Premiere on 5 September 2026 at Ekspeditsiooni stuudio Krulli majas. Urmas Lüüs has moved with his installation-based searches for places towards increasingly encompassing and total spaces. These installations could often be seen as a frozen second from stage works, which the person themselves fills with their imagination. The objects surrounding people function as distinctive catalysts of the spirit. A recurring characteristic of Lauri Lest’s work is spatiality, and in his installations he often uses household objects, bringing them to life through sound and light. In his installations too, the audience experiences the work from all sides, spatially.