Baby Bubble – Or how I almost disappeard

An intimate and autobiographical performance about motherhood, postpartum depression, and the longing for water.

When a child is born, a mother is born too. Amid the dual emotions of the baby bubble – the greatest love and the deepest fear – Aino Ihanainen explores the feeling that the body and identity no longer fit together. A time when one is both happier and sadder than ever before.

Water becomes an obsession: a dark river tempting surrender, yet also a safe lake that holds and supports. Perhaps the body remembers evolution, perhaps even a mother longs to be held.

ARTIST CONVERSATION! After the performance the audience is welcomed to an artist conversation with the organisation Mamma till mamma.

At CirkusMania the performance is a work in progress presentation, which means that it has not yet had its premiere.

About the artist

Aino Ihanainen is a mother of two, circus artist, and textile/scenography designer based in Stockholm. She has long been affiliated with Cirkus Cirkör, where she combines acrobatics and handstands with knitting and textile art. Her work includes knitted scenography and costumes for Knitting Peace and Satyagraha, as well as the installation Knitted Tent for the Textile Museum.