The lemons -2023

The lemons tells the story of three women.
Jana has demolished her room and gone in search for the shade of a tree.
Ida is trying to finish reading her stack of books in her flower shop.
Wiebke has abandoned her daughter to pursue her dream: growing rice.
All three of them love lemons a little too much.

It's a story where lemons are something powerful, strange and alive.
The three characters are somehow like me: having friendships and love stories, questioning motherhood and struggling to know which words to say.

The lemons is a three-headed project:
- an epistolary novel (original version in French / translated into German)
- a scenographic space hosting an exhibition and participatory activities
- a performance reading of the text with music and object theater

the book

it has 146 black and white pages
the first edition is out of cell but a second one is coming soon
(you can order one at info@heikerinde.net)

"Ce qu’il faut à tout prix découvrir Anouk, c’est ce que tu n’aimes pas. Peu importe si tes goûts changent, il faut les connaître au jour le jour. Il n’y a rien de pire que de pas savoir ce que tu veux. Si tu ne sais pas, les autres feront de toi ce qu’ils veulent. Et un jour, tu penseras le vouloir aussi. Tu aimes la neige? Tu aimes le soleil? Les frites? La glace? Vas dehors et suis ce qui te paraît ÉTRANGE. C’est la meilleure manière de faire le tri et de commencer la journée."
Extrait d'une lettre de Wiebke à sa fille

"What you need to find out absolutely, Anouk, is what you don't like. It doesn't matter if your tastes change, you have to know them day by day. There's nothing worse than not knowing what you want. If you don't know, other people will do what they want with you. And one day, you'll think you want it too. Do you like snow? Do you like sunshine? Chips? Ice cream? Go outside and follow what looks STRANGE to you. It's the best way to sort things out and start your day."
(Extract of a letter from Wiebke to her daughter)

the performative reading

the exhibition