SILENCE(D)

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen 

SILENCE(D) | 2024

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone?
What do we avoid? — What are my fears?
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone? —
What do we avoid? — What are my fears? —
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

INVISIBLE | 2024

BACKWARDS | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
700 pages | stone | wire rope

the book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

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Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

PERFORMANCE

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Dance Improvisation was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

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Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany

WOMEN

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

INVISIBLE | 2024

BACKWARDS | 2024

SILENCE(D) | 2024

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone?
What do we avoid? — What are my fears?
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
The book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

PERFORMANCE

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Dance Improvisation was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany

INVISIBLE

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

INVISIBLE | 2024

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

BACKWARDS | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

SILENCE(D) | 2024

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone? —
What do we avoid? — What are my fears? —
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
the book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

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Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

PERFORMANCE

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Dance Improvisation was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Berlin

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚Aufruhr des Schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Vernissage

INVISIBLE | 2024

BACKWARDS | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

SILENCE(D) | 2024

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
the book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min


DANCE IMPROVISATION IN DIALOGUE WITH ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK  – aufruhr des schweigens ‘

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Performance was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

More information: Maira Aldana Baeza – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

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Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

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Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT…

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany

More information: Maira Aldana Baeza – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

BACKWARDS

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

BACKWARDS | 2024

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

INVISIBLE | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

SILENCE(D) | 2024

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone? —
What do we avoid? — What are my fears? —
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
the book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min


DANCE IMPROVISATION IN DIALOGUE WITH ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK  – aufruhr des schweigens ‘

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Performance was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

More information: Maira Aldana Baeza – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

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Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

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Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

PERFORMANCE

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Dance Improvisation was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Rostock

Rathaus Rostock | Schwerin, Waren & Greifswald | Germany | 2022

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with CORA State Coordination Office Against Domestic and Sexualized Violence | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & Die Beginen | Frauen Kulturverein Rostock & State Council for Crime Prevention | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & HMT Hochschule für Musik und Theater | Rostock

aufruhr des schweigens | 2022
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

WOMEN | 2021
Video | 20:00 min

BOOK | WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens | 2021
The book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany

Franziska Greber with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Consumer Protection Jacqueline Bernhardt – the patron of the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

(from left: Wenke Brüdgam; Sarah Kesselberg  Eva-Maria Kröger; Franziska Greber; Jacqueline Bernhardt)

Rostocker Rathaus UMWELT UND GESELLSCHAFT
Ausstellung in Rostock gegen Gewalt an Frauen eröffnet | Umwelt und Gesellschaft | Meldung vom 30.11.2022

HE(A)R

Landesweite Standorte

HE(A)R | 2021
Hochschule für Musik und Theater HMT | Rostock
Audio | 60:00 min

Panel on ART AND SOCIETY – SOCIETY AND ART

How does art affect the social, societal and political space?

Flyer Paneldiscussion

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Dr. Annette Winter-Süss | Kunstwissenschaftlerin | Direktorin Kunstmuseum Schwaan
Video | 01:13 min

PATRONAGE
Jacqueline Bernhardt | Minister for Justice, Equality and Consumer Protection of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 

SUPPORT
Wenke Brüdgam | Equal Opportunities Officer for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

COLLABORATION
Antje Krüger | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | President WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.

WAVE OF VOICES

Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | India | 2017


Solo Show

Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with Anuradha Kapoor | Director  SWAYAM | Women’s Rights Organization | Member of UN Women Advisory Group for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan | Kolkata

WAVE OF VOICES | 2017
216 dupattas/scarves with texts about discrimination and violence written by women from India

Black Boards | 2017
selected texts

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

ECHO | 2017

VERNISSAGE

RESISTANCE | 2021

Anouradha Kapoor; Franziska Greber; Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Writer, Scholar, Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal, Founder and President SOI; Dr. Yayanta Sengupta, Director and Curator Victoria Memorial Hall

PHOTOS | 2017
writing process
&
WOMEN | 2017
Video | 30:00 min
women from India read their texts

BOOK | 2017
216 transcribed texts by women from India

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MAKING OF
Video | 05:20 min

CURATOR
Dr. Jayanta Sengupta | Director | Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata


OPENING SPEECHES
Anuradha Kapoor | Director and Founder | SWAYAM | Kolkata | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK India
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | writer | scholar | winner of two literary awards | Padma Shri Award 2000 & Sahitya Akademi Award 1999 | Kolkata


ADVISORS
Saumik Chakraborty & Piyali Sadhukan | Scenography and Art | Kolkata
(Also responsible for the construction of the installations)

ECHO

Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | India | 2017

Solo Show

Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with Anuradha Kapoor | Director  SWAYAM | Women’s Rights Organization committed to ending Violence against Women and Children | Member of UN Women Advisory Group for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan | Kolkata

ECHO | 2017

VERNISSAGE

RESISTANCE | 2021

Anouradha Kapoor; Franziska Greber; Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Writer, Scholar, Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal, Founder and President SOI; Dr. Yayanta Sengupta, Director and Curator Victoria Memorial Hall

WAVE OF VOICES | 2017
216 dupattas/scarves with texts about discrimination and violence written by women from India

Black Boards | 2017
selected texts

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

PHOTOS | 2017
writing process
&
WOMEN | 2017
Video | 30:00 min
women from India read their texts

BOOK | 2017
216 transcribed texts written by women from India

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

MAKING OF
Video | 05:20 min

CURATOR
Dr. Jayanta Sengupta | Director | Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata


OPENING SPEECHES
Anuradha Kapoor | Director and Founder | SWAYAM | Kolkata | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK India
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | writer | scholar | winner of two literary awards | Padma Shri Award 2000 & Sahitya Akademi Award 1999 | Kolkata


ADVISORS
Saumik Chakraborty & Piyali Sadhukan | Scenography and Art | Kolkata
(Also responsible for the construction of the installations)

RESISTANCE

Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | India | 2017


Solo Show

Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with Anuradha Kapoor | Director  SWAYAM | Women’s Rights Organization | Member of UN Women Advisory Group for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan | Kolkata

RESISTANCE | 2021

Anouradha Kapoor; Franziska Greber; Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Writer, Scholar, Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal, Founder and President SOI; Dr. Yayanta Sengupta, Director and Curator Victoria Memorial Hall

ECHO | 2017

VERNISSAGE

WAVE OF VOICES | 2017
216 dupattas/scarves with texts about discrimination and violence written by women from India

Black Boards | 2017
selected texts

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

PHOTOS | 2017
writing process
&
WOMEN | 2017
Video | 30:00 min
women from India read their texts

BOOK | 2017
216 transcribed texts written by women from India

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

MAKING OF
Video | 05:20 min

CURATOR
Dr. Jayanta Sengupta | Director | Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata


OPENING SPEECHES
Anuradha Kapoor | Director and Founder | SWAYAM | Kolkata | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK India
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | writer | scholar | winner of two literary awards | Padma Shri Award 2000 & Sahitya Akademi Award 1999 | Kolkata


ADVISORS
Saumik Chakraborty & Piyali Sadhukan | Scenography and Art | Kolkata
(Also responsible for the construction of the installations)

HE(A)R

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
The installation consists of white shirts with texts in around 40 languages ​​by 690 women from Germany who have written their experiences with discrimination and violence, but also hopes and demands, on these clothing with a red pen.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

Micha Klapp | State Secretary for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

INVISIBLE | 2024

BACKWARDS | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
Video | 20:00 min

18 women from 6 countries read the text, which they wrote on a white shirt (in India on a scarf) . They talk about their experiences of discrimination and violence.

SILENCE(D) | 2024

3 socio-political and 3 personal questions on the topic of silence and speaking:
What should we talk about? — Is there something I have never told anyone? —
What do we avoid? — What are my fears? —
What changes are needed to lead this dialogue? — What requirements are needed to discuss my concern?

Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
the book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation

BACKSTAGE | 2024 
China:        Video | 03:07 min
India:         Video | 03:37 min
Mauritius: Video | 02:31 min

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min


DANCE IMPROVISATION IN DIALOGUE WITH ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK  – aufruhr des schweigens‘

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Performance was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

More information: Maira Aldana Baeza – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

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Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

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Video | 02:20 min

WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded an art prize by THE POWER OF THE ARTS. The jury states that the project “positions itself against looking the other way and remaining silent and is convincing not only through its relevance, but also through its high artistic quality.”

More information: Women in the Dark – THE POWER OF THE ARTS

Torsten Albig, Managing Director Philip Morris Germany | Franziska Greber | Dr. Doris Felbinger, Managing Director BIG e.V.

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

PERFORMANCE

Maira Aldana Baeza | Dancer | Santiago de Chile | Chile
Smilla Osswald | Singer | Berlin | Germany

The Dance Improvisation was a participatory project in the exhibition ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’

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Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

PANEL DISCUSSION

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts from the fields of art, society and politics and the audience.
The event was organized by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin

More information (in German): UND JETZT… 

SUPPORT
THE POWER OF THE ARTS by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

OPENING SPEECHES
Senator Cansel Kiziltepe | Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination for the State of Berlin

Jana Sperling | Director Stiftung Reinbeckhallen | Collection for Contemporary Art | Berlin

Dr. Doris Felbinger | Managing Director BIG Berlin | Collaboration Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany | Collaboration Partner for the Exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens, Reinbeckhallen

Patricia Kielinger | Former Coordinator BIG | Psychosocial Supporter in Criminal Trials | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany