DOM- Darkness Picnic

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A picnic on the edge of the night, a temporary bivouac for nocturnal stories. Interweaving research around the gesture of walking and nomadism with the theme of the gentle inhabitation of public space, this site-specific work by DOM- invites the public to a collective exercise of rest and suspension.

A picnic on the edge of night, where sleep and wakefulness blur, and bodies become antennas for a sentient landscape. Darkness Picnic is a temporary bivouac for nighttime stories, a gathering in the dark where we stop—together—to listen.

Site-specific and immersive, the performance by DOM– blends walking and nomadism with the idea of gently inhabiting public space. As darkness descends, time stretches, the senses expand, and nature begins to emit its subtle signals: heat rises from the ground, moisture drips from the trees, and the landscape summons bodies to lose themselves, to cross the threshold into a different state of being.

A performance that is also a transformative experience—designed for open-air spaces but adaptable to theatrical venues.
Loosely inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir.

Bio

DOM- is a research-based performance project founded in 2013 by Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna, and enriched over time through collaborations with artists and researchers including Hélène Gautier, Mael Veisse, and Arianna Lodeserto.

Their work fuses performance languages with a militant approach to the Environmental Humanities and the imaginaries of feminist and queer ecologies. At the core of their research is the relationship between body and landscape—its permeability, and the tensions between power, nature, and marginality in public space.

DOM– creates performances, walks, workshops, gardens, audiovisual projects, DJ sets, and parties. Among their most notable works: L’uomo che cammina, Désert / rituals for landscapes, MU / metafisica urbana, MAMMA ROMA, and Moto celeste.

They’ve developed community-based projects such as MIST / FOSCHIA, ROMA NON ESISTE, and CORALE. In 2019, DOM– won the Premio Rete Critica for Best Artistic Project and became part of Oceano Indiano, a residency and production programme at Teatro India – Teatro di Roma. For Radio India (Special Ubu Prize 2020–2021), they produced the transmissions Nausicaä and Licantropia.

Credits

A project by DOM– (Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna)

Loosely inspired by the film Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir

Artistic direction, text, scenography: Leonardo Delogu, Valerio Sirna

In dialogue with: Daniela Angelucci, Emanuela Freire

Sound design: Lemmo

Technical support: Mael Veisse

Food curation: to be defined for each context

Production: Sardegna Teatro, Fuorimargine – Centre for Dance and Performing Arts Production in Sardinia

  • Duration 180' ca

    • MEETING POINT: BASE MILANO

    END OF THE PATH: Parco del Ticinello

    Conceived for outdoor spaces

    Not suitable for minors

    Not accessible to blind or visually impaired audiences

    Not accessible to deaf or hard-of-hearing audiences

    Immersive atmosphere with symbolic audience involvement

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