October 2024

October 2024

Since 2021, I am part of Denk- und Produktionsort Libken, a residency for artists, researchers and activists in Böckenberg (Uckermark). For a while now, we have been organizing the place and curating the cultural program consisting of a.o. exhibitions, workshops, and residency programs as a small team of four people. This year, a funding by Fonds Darstellende Künste and Bundesnetzwerk flausen+ gave me the opportunity to invite and accompany two performing artists, Christian Limber and Victoria Schulz, who are both interested in rural working class identity during and after the GDR. Another weekend of this year’s Libken season that will stay in my mind, combined an inspiring workshop on embodying and understanding dreams (with choreographer Anna Nowicka) and an evening of discussion about current right wing tendencies in the region around Libken (organized by Anna Bartholdy and others). It was great to see so many people who politically fight against the racist, sexist and ableist voices that are getting louder! Last weekend, we celebrated the season and its end with FOOD & SHELTER. In collaboration with ACRE studios, Berlin, the artist Jonas Klock set up his mobile shelter on the field that begins right at the edge of our grounds and Cécile Kobel cooked a delicious bean-based meal for the guests of the inauguration.

Photo: Jonas Klock

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Save the date!
On the 15th of November, Forough Fami and I will perform at St. Paul Kirche in Wedding. This will be our first collaboration and a work that we develop in dialogue with the spacial givens of the renovated Schinkel building. The performance is part of the church’s open doors weekend under the headline PLAYGROUND_Wandel. I’m excited to play with Forough!

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