APART

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR) | Geneva | 2022

Solo Exhibition

in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC

An exhibition against sexual violence in conflict

APART

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR)

APART
steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350 cm

Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Peter Maurer

The Humanitarian Adventure: A Museum, a Hug, and a call for Action

UPROOTED 

Palais des Nations | Geneva 

UPROOTED
dead tree | upside down | 800 cm x Ø 400 cm | Concrete base | 150 x175 cm

UPROOTED 

Place du Rhone | Geneva

UPROOTED
dead tree | upside down | 800 cm x Ø 400 cm | concrete base | 150 x 175 cm


UNIDIR Adressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence 

The Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox | Hana Salama | June 16 | 2023
(Honored to provide the cover with the UPROOTED installation at the Palais des Nations)
UNIDIR_Addressing_Weapons_in_Conflict_related_Sexual_Violence.pdf

STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS 

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00min
(in English & en Français)

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GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT

Theiler Metallbau AG Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

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STATEMENTS

Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech

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Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech

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Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt from the speech

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Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech

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PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 

Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war

Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross

Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist

Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office

Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)

UPROOTED – WORK IN PROGRESS

Place du Rhone

Palais des Nations

APART – WORK IN PROGRESS

STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS | GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min
(in English & en Français)

RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS

Palais des Nations | Geneva

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Alessandra Velluci | Collaboration Partner | Director United Information Service | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:21 min

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Francesco Pisano | Director United Nations Library | Head of the Cultural Activities Committee | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:35 min

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May Maloney | Collaboration Partner | Deputy Head Adressing Sexual Violence | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 04:52 min

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Diane Boulay | Humanitarian Affairs – Program Specialist | U.S. Mission to the UN and Other Organizations | Geneva | Switzerland Video
Video | 06:05 min

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS

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Palais des Nations | Geneva
Video | 45:00 min
(In English, French, German and Spanish)

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Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 09:31 min
(in English)

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Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 21:30 min
(en Français)

GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT

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Korporation Horw
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

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ZPF Ingenieure Basel
(auf Deutsch)

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Kellersberger Bauunternehmung Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 

Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war

Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross

Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist

Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office

Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)

STATEMENTS

Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech

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Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech

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Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt the speech

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Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech

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SUPPORT

US Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich

Peter Maurer | President of the ICRC: Letter of Recommendation
Details about the ICRC campaign on the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict | International Committee of the Red Cross

UPROOTED

Place du Rhone | Geneva | 2022

Solo Exhibition

in collaboration with the United Nations Office in Geneva& the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC


An exhibition against sexual violence in conflict

UPROOTED

Place du Rhone

UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down

UPROOTED 

Palais des Nations | Geneva 

UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down

UNIDIR Adressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence

The Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox | Hana Salama | June 16 | 2023
(Honored to provide the cover with the UPROOTED installation at the Palais des Nations)
UNIDIR_Addressing_Weapons_in_Conflict_related_Sexual_Violence.pdf

APART 

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva 

APART
steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350 cm

Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Peter Maurer

STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS 

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min
(in English & en Français)

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GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT

Theiler Metallbau AG Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

STATEMENTS

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Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech

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Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech

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Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt from the speech

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Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech

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PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 

Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war

Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross

Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist

Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office

Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)

UPROOTED – WORK IN PROGRESS

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Video | 10:44 min

Place du Rhone | City Center

Palais des Nations | UN Geneva | Ariana Park

APART – WORK IN PROGRESS

RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS

Palais des Nations | Geneva

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Alessandra Velluci | Collaboration Partner | Director United Information Service | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:21 min

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Francesco Pisano | Director United Nations Library | Head of the Cultural Activities Committee | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:35 min

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May Maloney | Collaboration Partner | Deputy Head Adressing Sexual Violence | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 04:52 min

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Diane Boulay | Humanitarian Affairs – Program Specialist | U.S. Mission to the UN and Other Organizations | Geneva | Switzerland Video
Video | 06:05 min

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS

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Palais des Nations | Geneva
Video | 45:00 min
(In English, French, German and Spanish)

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Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 09:31 min
(in English)

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Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 21:30 min
(en Français)

GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT

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Korporation Horw
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

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ZPF Ingenieure Basel
(auf Deutsch)

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Kellersberger Bauunternehmung Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)

PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 

Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war

Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross

Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist

Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office

Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)

STATEMENTS

Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech

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Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech

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Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt the speech

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Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech

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SUPPORT

US Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich

Peter Maurer | President of the ICRC: Letter of Recommendation
Details about the ICRC campaign on the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict | International Committee of the Red Cross

UNTOLD STORIES

Crossroads Centre Art Space | Beijing | China | 2016

International Group Exhibition

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with Li Dan | Founder, Director & Curator Crossroads Centre

UNTOLD STORIES

Texts
Five shirts featuring texts by women from China, displayed on the floor.

3 Photos

Julia Broussard | Head of the Office | UN Women China
Li Dan | Director & Curator | Crossroads Centre | Beijing

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The Shirts

This shirt had been laid secretly among the others the day after the opening of the exhibition.

Exhibition at China World Trade Centre | Trends  Lounge | Beijing

Photo
Woman from Zimbabwe, writing on a white shirt with a red pen | 50x80cm
(Red as a color was not accepted by the World Trade Center, I opted for black and white photos.)

Photo
Text by a woman from Mauritius | 60x80cm

Photo
Text by a woman from Zimbabwe | 50x80cm

CURATOR Crossroads Centre Art Space
Li Dan | Director
Chinese NGO organization that seeks to raise awareness about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights in China through the use of film and art


CURATORS World Trade Center
Ms. Roselyn | General Manager of Trends Lounge | China World Trade Center | Beijing
Li Dan | Director | Crossroads Centre | Beijing

CUT THE ROPES

Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | 2017

Solo Performance

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with UN Women China and the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing

UNTOLD STORIES

CUT THE ROPES

Solo Performance in Collaboration with NGOs, Woman Rights Organizations & UN Women China

For my art installation UNTOLD STORIES, 500 white shirts were tied together with thick ropes to form a huge globe. There are only a few shirts lying on the ground that are connected to the globe with a thin line of blood. This pile of shirts found their way out of the harmful prison of silence that is the globe, which allowed them to be written on.

We are here today to portray our determination to break the silence of women affected by all kinds of gender-based violence and discrimination.

The event is intended to show and confirm China’s social and societal support for these women, the seriousness of the violence, and the commitment to end it. It allows the WOMEN IN THE DARK to express themselves and assures them that people want to hear what they have to say. The act of cutting the ropes by members of NGOs and human rights organizations helps the shirts fall down and “frees“ them from being held back. These shirts will be picked up by professionals and handed out to the women who want to speak out.

In 2016 China created their first law against domestic violence. This law is very politically significant; however the cultural roots of domestic violence still need to be changed in order to remove pressure and dramatic consequences for the women. Women need to feel safe to report violent husbands and family members to the police and to seek separation from their abusers.

Franziska Greber
Artist & Psychotherapist
Switzerland

HOME

Superblock | Winterthur | Switzerland | 2020

Solo Exhibition

Exhibition against sexual Violence in collaboration with the Beratungsstelle Frauen-Nottelefon Winterthur

HOME | 2020
HOME should be a place of safety and retreat, trust and tranquility. But war, terror and violence force people to leave their HOME or it transfers to a place of fear, pain and horror. Many women and children and other vulnerable groups are humiliated, controlled and disempowered and devalued even in peaceful times. If HOME is out of balance, they are existentially threatened, especially if they choose the path to freedom. In times of particular strain, these existing processes are magnified and multiplied. Not only does the contempt for women dramatically increase, but also racism and homophobia.

(Photo: Doris Binda)

Franziska Greber & Nicolas Galladé | City Councilor of Winterthur

UNTOLD STORIES

China-Europe International Contemporary Art Global Tour | 2018 Bund NO.27 | Shanghai | 2018

International Group Exhibition

CURATORS

Ma Yiying
Artist and curator, vice president of the Oil Painting Academy of China – Contemporary Fine Arts Institute of Culture, 2018 Chinese Annual Art Event. Representative Exhibition: Chinese Abstract Art (UN) Exhibition
Shenzhen
&
Longjing Li
Curator and art broker
Shanghai

UNTOLD STORIES

2019 | Art Center 117 | Ningbo | China

International Group Exhibition

Curator
Ma Yiying
Artist and curator, vice president of the Oil Painting Academy of China – Contemporary Fine Arts Institute of Culture, 2018 Chinese Annual Art Event. Representative Exhibition: Chinese Abstract Art (UN) Exhibition
Shenzhen

WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE

Sisir Mancha Theater | Kolkata | India | 2018 

Solo Show

Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in Collaboration with SWAYAM 

Photos of the installations ECHO, WAVE OF VOICES and RESISTANCE that were shown at Vicoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | 2017

Texplates with selected texts by women from India that participated at WOMEN IN THE DARK India

Curator
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal | Founder and President SOI | Kolkata | India

SCHWEIGEN

Anna Göldi Museum | Ennenda | Switzerland | 2019

Solo Show

SchweigenPunkt. Schweigen. Schweigen. Verschwiegenheit. Punkt. Punkt.

An Exhibition about SILENCE. SilenceDot. Silence. Silenced. Secrecy. Dot. Dot.

SILENCE | 2019
60 filled black trash bags | strings | 600 x 400 x 600 cm

UNTOLD STORIES | 2019
500 white shirts | metal construction | chicken mesh | fabric | Ø 300 cm

Book | 2019
60 Texts from 8 Countries, written by women on their shirts

Photos | 2019
8 photos of the women’s writing process | flash lights | different sizes

WHAT DO I FEAR OF LOOSING? | 2018
Video | 03:00 min

Chinese woman speaks out

VOICES | 2019
20 mattresses | pillows, duvets | sheets | flash lights | 800 x 600 x 100 cm

5 videos of women from India, China, Zimbabwe and Switzerland, to be seen on pillows, mattresses, duvets & sheets

Photo: Sasi Subramaniam

Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC

(Photo: Sasi Subramaniam)

OPENING SPEECHES
Fridolin Elmer | Director | Anna Göldi Museum | Ennenda | Switzerland
Susanne Wintsch | Art Historian | Zurich | Switzerland

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS

Pinakothek der Moderne | Denkraum Deutschland | Munich | Germany | 2021

Group Exhibition

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ – in collaboration with Miro Craemer | Curator & Initiator | DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND | Pinakothek der Moderne & Pia Brüner | Art Education | Pinakothek der Moderne | Munich

FEMININE – THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL POWER OF THE FEMININE IN ART AND SOCIETY

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens | 2021
shirts | fabric | 600 x 2000 cm

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 | 2021
Video | 20:00 min

17 women from 5 countries (Zimbabwe, Switzerland, China, India and Mauritius) read their text, which they wrote with a red pen on white clothing. It is about their experiences with discrimination and violence.

The video work WOMEN is part of the international, transdisciplinary and participatory art project WOMEN IN THE DARK.

HE(A)R | 2021
Audio-Installation | 60:00 min

60 women each read a text, written by 60 women from Germany – selected from the 690 shirts.

BOOK | 2021
661 transcribed texts translated into German, 29 photos – each page of the book shows one text or a shirt, written by a woman from Germany.

HOW SOCIAL IS ART?
Chances and limits of an interaction

Mit Kunst gegen sexualisierte Gewalt? February 14, 2019 | Radio Dreyeckland | Germany
Interview with Claudia Meise | Notruf Göttingen | participating in WOMEN IN THE DARK
(in German)
1:58 min

Mit Kunst gegen sexualisierte Gewalt? | Radio Dreyeckland (rdl.de)

PARTICIPATORY SEWING PROCESS

in collaboration with the Pinakothek der Moderne

From left: Pia Brüner | Carolina Trautner | Franziska Greber | Antje Krüger | Dr. Monika Schröttle | Susan Bühler, DieKulturBotschaft, Moderator | Miro Craemer, initiator & curator DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND

STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Carolina Trautner | Bavarian State Minister for Family, Labor and Social Affairs, Commissioner for Women’s Issues of the Bavarian State Government
« […] that many women have written down their oppressive stories here in order to then strike their liberation blow on this wall. I find that incredibly impressive – I think it’s ingenious, linking social issues and art.»

Pia Brüner | Art Education Pinakothek der Moderne 
« […] because through Franziska Greber’s art people come into contact with each other on very different levels. […] it’s a wonderful example for me of how I imagine the museum, as a lively place, as a socially relevant place, and as a place where people meet and exchange ideas.»

Dr. Monika Schröttle | Political and Social Scientist
« […] This scientific, political and artistic approach and bringing together […] is a whole other level of seeing and recognizing things […] you want to climb up a ladder and read everything […] and like to do more and further evaluate these treasures that are in there.» 

BACKSTAGE – Experiences with the international art project WOMEN IN THE DARK
Workshop with the artist & initiator Franziska Greber and other participants in the project

Antje Krüger & Patricia Kielinger, project partners and coordinators WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
Doris Felbinger, BIG e.V. Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V. and der PARITÄTISCHE Bayern implemented WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens in Germany) 
Ute Brechtelsbauer from Frauenhaus Nürnberg, one of the participating organizations across 12 federal states, provided support to the women throughout their writing process.
Nina Wurman (implementation of the sound installation)
Michael Wladarsch (implementation of the book) | Anja Papenfuss (participant in the sewing process)

STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Antje Krüger | Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
«The idea to do that came up in Switzerland when you presented to us, what you had done in other countries – and then for us very quickly the thought that this is also possible here with us. […] Before that, it was partly unimaginable. […] There are always people who you can inspire with this idea […] The theme of this DENKRAUM ‘feminine’ and the examination of the potential of femininity in art and society, that also has something to do with this project.»

Michael Wladarsch | cultural organizer, artist & designer
«Your art […] creates an abstract size, which is simply not comprehensible, to open […] where one is touched. […] The care with which each individual shirt, each individual woman, each fate is valued and also respected […] and that, in my view, distinguishes an art that interferes and that is political and that also has a statement. […] an artist who has very good ideas and a very good concept to make a situation visible.»

Nina Wurman | Musician
«It was very clear to me that I was doing this. […] Everything kind of fell into place. […] What I totally underestimated is what it means for women to read these texts.»

Ute Brechtelsbauer | Social Worker
« […] exciting how the mood has changed […] suddenly a spirit of upbeat has arisen […]. I was here with five women […] it was so moving.»

Anja Papenfuss | Young BPW – Business and Professional Women Club
«I was able to become part of such a big whole […] that alone made a big impression on me […] it was quite an extraordinary work for me.»

SUPPORT
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales

CURATORS
Miro Craemer | Artist and Social Designer | Initiator TOGETTHERE-Experience: GIVE ME 5 | DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND | Munich | Germany
Pia Brüner | Art Education | Pinakothek der Moderne | Munich | Germany

Franziska Greber in collaboration with
Der PARITÄTISCHE in Bayern (Antje Krüger, Projectpartner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen BIG e.V. (Patricia Kielinger, Projectpartner WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany) for the nationwide organization and coordination of the institutions involved
Frauenunterstützungssysteme for carrying out the writing process and accompanying the women
Nina Wurman for her collaboration in planning and realizing the audio installation HE(A)R
all the people who transcribed the texts on the shirts and translated them into almost 40 languages
84 GHz in Munich for conceptual thinking and realization of the BOOK