January 2021

January 2021

Slowly, slowly, gray and silent, the new year begins. Berlin is in a second lockdown due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. In her article, journalist and dance critic Christine Matschke broaches the issue of illness and death. Based on meetings and discussions with Berlin-based artists who have dealt with cancer and AIDS, or with the questions of solidarity, care and healing, she writes about what she calls applied research about resilience. Our conversation in November 2020 is mentioned at the very end of her text.

— Genau diese im Tod steckende Widersprüchlichkeit, dieses unsere Verletzlichkeit sichtbar machende Un-fassbare ist es wohl, was an Fortschritt orientierte Gesellschaften so schlecht aushalten können. —–It is precisely death’s inherent contradictoriness, the incomprehensible which reveals our vulnerability, which makes it so difficult to endure for progress-oriented societies. —

(Christine Matschke, tanzraumberlin Magazin Jan/Feb)

The complete magazine with a series of photos from my research can be dowloaded here.

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I am part of Pauline Payen’s performative research on physical states of grief. During her residency at Ateliers am Flutgraben, Pauline developed a first version of DUEIL. Here is a trailer!

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