Focusing on some feminist readings of Sophocles’ tragic play Antigone (c. 442 BC), The Grieved Act is a meandering and poetic essay performance circling the question: What can be discerned from Antigone as a warning in the present, as western democracies punish forms of solidarity and collective action with increasing violence and impunity?

The Grieved Act was developed for KLub by Saskia Holmkvist at Fotogalleriet, Oslo. It is part of a larger writing project that in different ways has been supported by Jessica Warboys; Casa da Cerca Contemporary Art Center, Almada (PT); the Latitudes Residency Program at Hangar–Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon (PT); and Baltic Art Center, Visby (SE). An essay will be published in the forthcoming catalogue of Jessica Warboys exhibition Story Armor at Casa da Cerca, and variations have previously been performed at Hangar, Lisbon (PT), Casa da Cerca, Almada (PT), and Snails, Oslo (NO).