How do performance works exist in the memory of the audience that had witnessed them?

This was the initial question which triggered our creative process in making the work ‘The bodies we swore’.

This year it is the twenty year anniversary of our works, our practices and our collaborations through the creative frame of pelma.Lia Haraki. It was a year of reflection as we dived deep into the organisation of our archive to create this performance and in preparation for a book, which will be distributed in 2025 with texts from collaborators and academics in relation to our body of work. In the performance 'The bodies we swore' we reflected on past works, shared stories, tried out practices and interpreted songs from our performances and collaborations, together with the audience that has supported us for so many years. 'The bodies we swore' has been structured as a meeting with the audience on the stage of the Rialto Theatre, where we together recalled the elements and themes from our body of work through discussions, memories, creative games, representations, and listening.