It's a scorching hot summer in the Alps, and sisters are hiking to a remote hut. But they could never have imagined what awaits them there in the dizzying heights...

In the frenzy of seclusion, the sisters collect all kinds of old junk: tattered pants, a muddy chopen, socks that have been mended seven times, dirty cloths, scraps of fabric, rags and bits of string. With needle and thread, they build a doll, a Tuntschi, and stuff it with moss and hay...

S TUNTSCHI IS EVERYTHING: SWEET, CARING, NAUGHTY, SEXY, INTELLIGENT, LOVING, LOYAL, RELIABLE, FREAKY, HUMOROUS, DEPENDABLE, TRENDY, BEAUTIFUL AND JUST REALLY F*CKABLE.

IN BRIEF
On this night, the boundary between reality and legend blurs: GoPro videos of a hike in a thunderstorm, ghostly hand organ sounds, the calming glow of a fireplace and a straw doll that comes to life. schwestern tell the legend of the Sennentuntschi from a queer-feminist perspective. The Sennentuntschi becomes a borderline figure between binaries and a projection surface for social slopes. Where is the potential for identification in a monstrous figure that moves beyond norms?

LANGUAGE
German and English

CONTENT NOTE
-Thematizes sexualized violence
-Mention of suicide and eating disorders
-light strobe lighting effects

CREDITS
Artistic direction and text: Amel Baccouche, Tina Muffler, Miriam Sand Kutzleben
Production: Anaïs Rufer
Performance: Miriam Sand Kutzleben, Anna Schill, Lucas Guigonis
Live sound: Tina Muffler
Video: Tina Muffler Tina Muffler
Video title 5/6/2020: Miriam Laura Leonardi
Light: Lucas Guigonis
Stage: Jana Furrer
Costume: Miriam Sand Kutzleben
Dramaturgy: Amel Baccouche
Outside Eye: Robyn Muffler
Technical direction: Hannah dal Cero

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Elisabeth Weber Foundation
Migros Culture Percentage
LucernePlus Cultural Promotion
Talent Promotion Culture Albert Koechlin Foundation
Strebi Foundation