Somewhere in between mental effort, care work and a vague risk awareness – that is Mental Load. Or: Weightlifting for invisibility. A rather female sport. But where there is mental load, shouldn`t there also be a mental muscle?

Mental Muscle is a performative walk at the crossroads between movement and dance, installation and gender research which invites you to think and go along with, to question and to carry.

Mental Load means having to think of everything – who will bear it in mind? Mental Load means emotional work – who will take responsibility? Mental Load is invisible – mostly. Sometimes the load shows itself in very real weights: According to studies women on average carry half a kilo of real baggage more than men. They literally carry things and people, but are still not considered to be the strongest. So shouldn`t women* have a mental muscle - invisible, but highly trained?

Performances:

13.09.2023, 17:00 * Premiere at NEWSoffSTYRIA 2.23

Premiere-Tickets here

Do 14.09. 17:00
Sa 16.09. 11:00 & 17:00
So 17.09. 17:00 Lendviertel, Graz

Tickets for other performances soon on www.ursulagraber.com