In conjunction with RE:SCRIPTED at SEPTEMBER, Nicole Cherubini will present a special durational performance inspired by Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, an extended essay—and seminal feminist text— based on a series of lectures Woolf delivered at two women's colleges at Cambridge University in 1928.
Heavily referencing both the past and the future, A Room of One’s Own considers what life might look like for women in a century, when they will no longer be seen as a domestic, monolithic class in need of male supervision, but recognized for their ability and intellect.
Now, nearly 100 years later, Woolf’s words continue to resonate with her intended audience—not only as a reflection of the progress made, but also as a reminder that the freedoms handed down by those who came before are never guaranteed.
As a new generation approaches adulthood and inherits the gendered encumbrances women have reckoned with for a century, this performance looks at the power of the spoken word and how language, however loquacious and antiquated, can still convey the ideas and principles necessary to achieve autonomy.
Recited by the artist's daughter and other monologists—all young women—the work unfolds over 4½ hours as the group reads successive passages from Woolf's text aloud, transforming the act of reading into a layered soundscape. The performance foregrounds the passage of time, considering how textual meaning shifts—and its relevance endures—when spoken by the voices for whom it was written nearly a century ago.
Readers:
Roma Cherubini
Mira Cohen
Caroline Collins
Reeve Courtney
Leah Kammeyer
Lida Sau-Lan Strodl
Teagan Walsh
The ongoing presence of reality, a reading.
September 19, 2026
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