BuryaK

OPEN.BOX
Gastspiel

A performance by Ida Osten in collaboration with Sofiia Butiaga

Beetroot. BuryaK. The unsung hero of Eastern European cuisine. Tastes like home. This duet navigates the uneasy terrain between autonomy and oppression. What binds us and how we can move forward? As two women growing up in the Ukraine and Austria we are still dependent on each other. No matter if we want it or not. A chain links their bodies, both metaphor and material. We are all creatures of habit. Carved slowly by repetition, by rhythm, by silence. Drawing on the symbolic power of the beetroot- tempting and resilient—the performers explore how external systems and internalized beliefs shape the way we live, move, and relate. In the ritual of the renown dish ‘Borscht’ we see not just sustenance, but memory. We become each other’s mirror and refuge.

They feed and wash one another. They nourish each other.