Eia mater, fons amoris! – Hail, mother, source of love!
Man surmounts death, the unthinkable, by postulating instead – in the place of thought as well as death – maternal love. The love, of which divine love can be no more than a rarely convincing derivative, mother love as the primitive shelter guaranteeing survival. The representation of the maternal is established on the site of the tempered anguish known as love. A meditation inspired by the suffering of Mary, Jesus's mother, during his crucifixion, and by the medieval text The Sorrowful Mother Stood.
Performing: Carmina Slovenica, Sabina Cvilak, Bernhard Landauer, Jožica Avbelj, Olga Kacjan, Slovenian Chamber Choir, Marko Hatlak, Karmen Pečar, Musica Cubicularis, Renata Vereš Klančič, Kaja Lorenci etc.
Music: G. B. Pergolesi, J. S. Bach, J. Cooper, A. Vivaldi, P. Vasks, G. Bryars, K. Šilec
Concept, scene and direction: Karmina Šilec
Light design: Andrej Hajdinjak
Costume design: Belinda Radulovič
Movement: Karmina Šilec, Kaja Lorenci