Claudia Lomoschitz

DIGGING DEEP

7.– 10. Mai 2026
WUK performing Arts, Climate Biennual Vienna

The site specific performance DIGGING DEEP reflects on layers of earth and it's hidden histories. Equipped with shovels, the audience is led on a journey through a field, to unearth secrets, dig out spells and dine in the archive of soil. A singing onion, a dancing coat and a talking bone await visitors with surprises. Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir, Claudia Lomoschitz and Crystal Wall share stories from the depth of the ground to imagine feminist futures through polyphonic songs.

DIGGING DEEP contradicts extractivist, patriarchal, colonial and capitalist views of earth as a mere resource. The performance understands soil as vibrant matter, constituted by various organisms throughout time. How can we find the sensitivity to listen to the voices of microorganisms and roots communicating within the soil? Who does the ground belong to? Who is digging in the earth? And what does the ground reveal about ourselves?

Concept & Performance: Artistic directors: Claudia Lomoschitz & Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir, with Crystal Wall
Sound design: Crystal Wall
Stage design: Riin Maide
Graphic design: Julia Müllner
Ceramics: Daniel Stuhlpfarrer & Claudia Lomoschitz
Food design: Julia Walk
Costume support: Mael Blau
Feedback: Alex Franz Zehetbauer
Photos: Moritz Franz Zangl
Video: Vik Bayer

Thanks to: Lenka Recek (Aspern Development AG), Martin Penz & Ingeborg Gaisbauer (Stadtarchäologie Wien), Stefan Weixelbraun (Farmer)

DIGGING DEEP is a co-production between SOAKED Verein and WUK performing arts in collaboration with Klima Biennale. With the kind support of the Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7), das Bundesministerium (BMWKMS) in cooperation with Wien 3420 Aspern Development AG

https://www.wuk.at/programm/digging-deep/