Ideal (M)other

music performance about the myth of motherhood (work in progress)

My womb is a holy machine,
crucial for society and the state.
My breasts are the source of life,
nourishing her and him,
despite the clogged ducts.
I am a first class container,
the best, the most natural, unique,
the purest bloom of paradise,
the magnificent break of the day, the miracle of reproduction, a promise of the nation’s prosperity.

Come. Fill me up gently.
Come with me.
Melt with me.

An interdisciplinary exploration of the (un)changeability of perspectives on motherhood.

Sound design: Damir Avdić
Text, dramaturgy: Pia Brezavšček  
Text, performance: Barbara Kranjc Avdić
Choreography: Sinja Ožbolt
Light design: Andrej Reza Petrovčič  
Space and costume design: Irena Pivka  
Advisor: Mila Popović  
Text, direction: Saška Rakef 
Advisor: Nada Sekulić
Proofreading: Tatjana Stanič
Sound dramaturgy and improvisation advisor: Bojana Šaljić Podešva
Produced by: ŠKUC
Co-produced by: City of Women Festival 2017

Pia Brezavšček had a vaginal delivery of a breech baby. She considers this her greatest achievement. She has a minor uterine prolapse, but it’s been worth it. She is an almost ideal mother.

Barbara Krajnc Avdić had a C-section for her first child. At the time, she thought she was an almost ideal mother. Then she delivered another baby. By C-section too.

Saška Rakef was hospitalized with her newborn baby. She had lost her milk, but now, after one year, she is still breastfeeding. She thinks she is an inch away from being an ideal mother.