Mx. CoelaCunt will live forever

Welcome to the universe of Mx. CoelaCunt, a fluid being that refuses to be contained. Not by time. Not by binary systems. Not by humans.

Mx. CoelaCunt will live forever is a concert-performance in which creator, musician, and performer Djuwa Mroivili takes you into the depths. Into deep seas, fractured roots, ancient rituals, and new forms of resistance. Djuwa draws connections between Comorian traditions, queer culture, and the mysterious life of the deep sea - a world still largely unknown to humans.

The Comoros Islands - where Djuwa traces a family history - is where the essence of this journey unfolds: a place where oral traditions, music, and campy weddings intertwine the past and present. A place where matriarchal and patriarchal structures coexist. But also a place where European colonizers once stigmatized existence itself - and erased the lives of those whose gender and sexuality defied colonial norms.

Mx. CoelaCunt will live forever is a tribute to everything that moves, shifts, and refuses to disappear. An ode to survival and the different ways we do this. Through a fluid blend of musical languages, fashion and glamour, Djuwa creates a performance that is both healing and confrontational.

Inspiration Mx. CoelaCunt
Mx. CoelaCunt is inspired by the coelacanth: a fish with a crucial role in evolutionary theory. A fish with primitive lungs and fins that move like the limbs of land animals - unnoticed by European scientists, but long known to Comorian fishers.

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This concerns a performance for the Warming Up Festival. The performance is an adapted version: it features elements from the original show (including text from the show), in which Djuwa talks about her research and shares musical excerpts from the work. She has also recently performed something similar at the Festival Down The Rabbit Hole.

In her study of the Comoros, she has carried out extensive research into musical traditions and the link between those traditions and the resistance movement. She draws a parallel with the existence of the coelacanth, a fish that has been around for millions of years and has witnessed all these changes from within its caves. She will perform a number of pieces from the show, interspersed with music and narration about the stories and the traces they have left behind in the present day. The work is inherently intersectional, through her use of music, the (theatrical) texts she recites and (queer) fashion. 

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