Our journey of discovery to explore the mysterious world of the human miracle takes us through a fascinating landscape of our organs in the form of lovingly knitted and anatomically correct wool objects created by physician and anthropologist, Katherina Sabernig. Just What Are We Made Of brings these beautiful, captivating, and intriguing anatomical works of art to life. A fascinating combination of science communication in vivid images, animated objects, rhythmic sounds, and spirited emotions!

Perhaps you've always wanted to go to school with a white blood cell, meet the queen of hearts, surf through the bloodstream, and watch our immune cell heroes fend off nasty invaders using ingenious strategies? If you are between the ages of 6 and 106 and love discovering new worlds, you won’t want to miss this anatomical journey that will leave you in awe!

The performance is a partnership between the Circus of Knowledge and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (as part of an Austrian Science Fund PEEK project, "Gestrickte Körper Materialität").

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Katharina Sabernig: Idea, concept, production design; performer

Nora Dirisamer: Concept, script, director, puppetry, performer

Alexander Brosch: Composition and music