Image GOAT talking is a multimedia, choreographic performance incorporating song, text readings, autobiographical fiction, and climbing to investigate vulnerability, self-love, and identity. Ieva Rižė creates a paradox in which fictional stories can uncover deeply hidden personal views and postures. Her aim is to place herself and the audience in an uncomfortable position, where no one can hide behind their usual strategies or habits.

Vulnerability and affliction are critical mediums for Rižė, straining the limits of her first-person voice and narrative fiction as mortal prompts to stimulate repressed intentions, beliefs, and actions. Is rehearsing self-love enough to yield equivalent pleasure? As our bodies and minds struggle to adapt to social media and artificial intelligence, that artist questions whether the phrase “fake it until you make it” a viable strategy or a recipe for emotional collapse.

Part of Re-Imagine Europe – New Perspectives for Action. Co-funded by the European Union.

Premiere: Rupert, 2024 (LT)
This work is available for touring.
Further enquiries: info@rupert.lt