Inspired by the figures of the Bacchae (followers of Bacchus, the god of wine and intoxication), the Furies (goddesses of the underworld), the performance Présage creates a kind of contemporary mythology in which Élie Autin depicts the environment and the distress of a fallen chimera. The solo performer carries out her actions with pleasure, for example in the sacrificial rite of the Bacchae known as ‘sparagmos’, in which victims were torn apart. These images prompt Élie Autin to recall the way she has been perceived, fetishised and presented as a monstrosity in Western society. This fairy tale for adults thus seeks to reflect the ignominy of the everyday racism observed and experienced by the artist in the West. A herald of a possible world, in response to this environment this performance is intended as a harbinger of an Earth where we can all live together. Présage thus invites us to ask ourselves: ‘Who are the people we choose to bring down?’