On April 30 and May 1, Elisa Zuppini brings back the first work she created after graduating from SNDO to the stage of Frascati Theatre.

In Himalaya, Zuppini explores the material and desiring dimensions of the body, and reality as a complex network of interconnected systems. She focuses on seemingly opposing forces and the lure of synthetic fusion, viewed through the lens of the body itself.

By tracing subtle movements of the “real,” she investigates the slow time of geological erosion, the accelerating imagery of digital environments, and the repetition and persistence of machinic bodies. She brings these systems into collision—like tectonic plates shifting within our perception: touching, colliding, yet never fully merging. This planetary friction becomes a metaphor for how such forces operate within our minds: intense and destabilising, fragmented yet interconnected.

The original composition is by James Whipple, whose sonic worlds move between the organic and the synthetic. In interplay with the movement, a jagged sense of time emerges, inviting the audience to experience unexpected openings and shifts.