CYBORG ORGY

The last show of the anthropocene

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CYBORG ORGY

The last show of the anthropocene

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CYBORG ORGY

The last show of the anthropocene

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CYBORG ORGYA performance about ecocide / The last show of the anthropocene
When weapons pierce equally through the concrete of buildings, the stems of plants, the flesh of animals and humans; when the metals and sulfur from rockets flying above us and exploding nearby infiltrate the soil, bones, water, and blood — are we capable of noticing the others, the non-humans, who suffer destruction just the same as we do? The immeasurable, quite literally, losses of nameless creatures, organisms, and ecosystems continue every day, remaining unpunished. And honestly, we do not know what to do about it. So we do what we know — we go on stage with a theatrical show to name the crimes, mourn their victims, and bear witness to a disaster that is growing and demands our response.
The large-scale and long-term damage that Russia inflicts on Ukraine’s environment through its military actions — such as the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in 2023 — is an act of ecocide that demands exposure. By performing war stories that include non-human agents, we expand the understanding of post-war justice, its temporality, and its potential to embrace more-than-human worlds. We will not be able to achieve complete justice or fully restore what has been destroyed, but we can build networks of support and restore our relationships with the environments around us. 
In her famous “A Cyborg Manifesto”, a feminist scholar and cultural critic Donna Haraway describes modern war as a "cyborg orgy." Within the space of war, we witness how rapidly the environment transforms into a hybrid of machines and living organisms. In our own biotope, we already coexist closely with military technologies—weapons, programs, codes. A shared threat draws us closer to animals and exposes our interdependence. The image of the cyborg that we borrow from Haraway is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid that exists within a dual natural-artificial world, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction. It reflects both our social and bodily reality and serves as a resource of imagination — one rich in generative connections, which we now need more than ever for our collective survival.
We thank those who helped us with our research during the preparation of the performance:Researcher Daria Tymbalyuk for the provided materials and conversation;Head of the 6th State Fire and Rescue Squad of the State Emergency Service in Izium, Oleksandr Kovalevskyi, for the meeting and consultation;Local historian Oleksandr Miasishchev for the joint walk around Izium;Ecologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, co-founder of the Ukrainian Environmental Group, Ivan Moiseenko, for the conversation, materials, and data
The project is being implemented in collaboration with the cultural initiative uniT within the framework of the Future Narrative for Planet Earth program.
Duration — 1 hour 30 minutes Premiere — February 20, 21, 2025.
Attention!The performance includes contrasting light effects and loud music.For combatants, entry to the performance is free. Please write to us on social media or call to reserve a ticket, and don’t forget to bring your ID for combatants (UDB).

Director: Nina Khyzhna
Playwright: Liuba Ilnytska
Performers:Artem VusykDenys LomakinOlena BazhenovaNina Khyzhna
Composer: Nick Acorne
Scenographer: Dasha ChechushkovaLighting Designer: Oleksandr Chyzh
Sound Engineer: Andrii Tretiak
Assistant Director: Liza Prasolova
Executive Director: Tetiana Holubova

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Nafta Theatre

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