Atropa

In Atropa, the struggle for emancipation is sung in a language her generation understands best: that of pumping beats and razor-sharp poetry. Atropa tells the story of the Trojan War, uniting both the classical and the contemporary in both theme and language.

Atropa viscerally depicts the violence that war brings. It reveals the fear that fuels that violence and the ironic notion that suffering must be inflicted on the path to freedom. In Atropa, the male-led struggle comes at the expense of women, who lose their children, love, bodies and lands to their oppressors.

At the end of the war, Greek women come face to face with Trojan women, who, after the occupation of their city, choose death over a life of repression: “You are as guilty as your husband, perhaps even more so, for you have never believed in his motives. At least he has an excuse, a homeland. And what is your defense, what made you refrain from resistance? How many Trojans have you saved? Where is the confession, the penance for your silence? What should I plead? You owe me.”