based on Urmuz –– An Heroic-Erotic and Musical Poem in Prose –– Translation in German: Oskar Pastior –– A theatre installation imagined by Helmut Stürmer, assisted by Silviu Purcărete
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The Fuchsiad, a "heroic-erotic and musical poem", as the author himself described it, shows the odyssey of Fuchs, starting with his birth: "Fuchs, upon being born, chose to come out through one of his grandmother's ears, his mother having no musical ear to speak of". Fuchs has musical talent, so he becomes a piano virtuoso. One night he travels with his piano and gets to a dark area where, for three hours, performs "various exercises of legato, staccato" dedicated to the Vestals of Pleasure. Venus hears the music, feels drawn to Fuchs and invites him for a night in …
