AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Erfurt

Kunsthalle Erfurt | Erfurt | Germany | 2026

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.

Exhibition Tour by Erfurt Kultur
Reel | 01:36

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AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS

Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021.
Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.

APART

Photo: Falko Behr

BEAT

Photo: Falko Behr

BACKSTAGE China, India and Mauritius

SHIRTS
The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings

Shirts mit Zeichnungen
Photos

Photo: Falko Behr

BUCH
The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.

WOMEN

HE(A)R

WOMEN WRITING
Mauritius

BREAK

FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION
In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.

WOMEN WRITING
Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.

RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence: Meckelhalle Freiburg, Reinbeckhallen Berlin, Galerie im Burggrafiat Alzey.

Space for Information, Encounters and Events

BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?

VERNISSAGE

Photo: Falko Behr


Photo: Falko Behr

From the left: Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt); Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt); Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK); Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt); Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

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RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION & PROJECT PARTNERS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

Nadja Sthamer | State Commissioner for Gender Equality of the Federal State of Thuringia
Photo: Dirk Urban

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Katharina Schenk | Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labour and Family of Thuringia
Photo: Falko Behr

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Sabine Guntau | Projectpartner WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens | Kunsthalle Erfurt
(Resonance contribution to follow soon)
Photo: Dirk Urban

Dr. Helga Herzfeld | Head of the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Istanbul Convention
Photo: Dirk Urban

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GÄSTEBUCH | Kunsthalle Erfurt
32 Seiten, 131 Einträge


AKTION DER THÜRINGER GLEICHSTELLUNGSBEAUFTRAGTEN
Ganz in Weiss

„WIR TRAGEN HEUTE WEISS“ (Facebook-Beitrag)

PERFORMANCE

Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen
Choreography: Ester Ambrosino
Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana
Music: Michael Krause
Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)

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Lucina Giarratana, Franziska Greber, Ester Ambrosino

Panel Discussion

Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.

Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.


Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.

Support
Kunsthalle Erfurt
Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen
‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH

Sponsor
Blackline Erfurt

BEAT

Kunsthalle Erfurt | Erfurt | Germany | 2026

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.

Exhibition Tour by Erfurt Kultur
Reel | 01:36

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BEAT

Photo: Falko Behr

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS

Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021.
Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.

APART

Photo: Falko Behr

BACKSTAGE China, India and Mauritius

SHIRTS
The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings

Shirts mit Zeichnungen
Photos

Photo: Falko Behr

BUCH
The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.

WOMEN

HE(A)R

WOMEN WRITING
Mauritius

BREAK

FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION
In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.

WOMEN WRITING
Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.

RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence: Meckelhalle Freiburg, Reinbeckhallen Berlin, Galerie im Burggrafiat Alzey.

Space for Information, Encounters and Events

BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?

VERNISSAGE

Photo: Falko Behr


Photo: Falko Behr

From the left: Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt); Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt); Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK); Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt); Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

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RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION & PROJECT PARTNERS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

Nadja Sthamer | State Commissioner for Gender Equality of the Federal State of Thuringia
Photo: Dirk Urban

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Katharina Schenk | Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labour and Family of Thuringia
Photo: Falko Behr

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Sabine Guntau | Projectpartner WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens | Kunsthalle Erfurt
(Resonance contribution to follow soon)
Photo: Dirk Urban

Dr. Helga Herzfeld | Head of the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Istanbul Convention
Photo: Dirk Urban

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GÄSTEBUCH | Kunsthalle Erfurt
32 Seiten, 131 Einträge


AKTION DER THÜRINGER GLEICHSTELLUNGSBEAUFTRAGTEN
Ganz in Weiss

„WIR TRAGEN HEUTE WEISS“ (Facebook-Beitrag)

PERFORMANCE

Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen
Choreography: Ester Ambrosino
Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana
Music: Michael Krause
Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)

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Lucina Giarratana, Franziska Greber, Ester Ambrosino

Panel Discussion

Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.

Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.


Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.

Support
Kunsthalle Erfurt
Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen
‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH

Sponsor
Blackline Erfurt

BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?

Kunsthalle Erfurt | Erfurt | Germany | 2026

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.

WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany is part of the international WOMEN IN THE DARK art project.

Exhibition Tour by Erfurt Kultur
Reel | 01:36

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BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS

Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021.
Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.

BACKSTAGE
Videos

SHIRTS mit Zeichnungen
Photos

SHIRTS
The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings

Photo: Falko Behr

BUCH
The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.

APART

Photo: Falko Behr

BEAT

Photo: Falko Behr

WOMEN

HE(A)R

WOMEN WRITING
Mauritius

BREAK

FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION
In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.

WOMEN WRITING
Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.

RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence.

Space for Information, Encounters and Events

VERNISSAGE

Photo: Falko Behr


Photo: Falko Behr

From the left:
Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt)
Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt)
Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK)
Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt)
Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

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RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION & PROJECT PARTNERS | Kunsthalle Erfurt

Nadja Sthamer | State Commissioner for Gender Equality of the Federal State of Thuringia
Photo: Dirk Urban

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Katharina Schenk | Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labour and Family of Thuringia
Photo: Falko Behr

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Sabine Guntau | Projectpartner WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens | Kunsthalle Erfurt
(Resonance contribution to follow soon)
Photo: Dirk Urban

Dr. Helga Herzfeld | Head of the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Istanbul Convention
Photo: Dirk Urban

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GÄSTEBUCH | Kunsthalle Erfurt
32 Seiten, 131 Einträge


AKTION DER THÜRINGER GLEICHSTELLUNGSBEAUFTRAGTEN
Ganz in Weiss

„WIR TRAGEN HEUTE WEISS“ (Facebook-Beitrag)

PERFORMANCE

Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen
Choreography: Ester Ambrosino
Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana
Music: Michael Krause
Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)

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Lucina Giarratana, Franziska Greber, Ester Ambrosino

Panel Discussion

Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.

Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.


Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.

Support
Kunsthalle Erfurt
Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen
‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH

Sponsor
Blackline Erfurt

DISARMING SILENCE

Palais des Nations | UN Geneva | Switzerland | 2025

Solo Exhibition

in collaboration with Dr Renata Hessmann Dalaqua, Head of the Integrated Approaches – Gender and Disarmament Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR); Hana Salama, Researcher, and Aleksandra Lankamer, Graduate Professional.

An exhibition against sexual and gender-based violence

From left — at the Opening: Franziska Greber; Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva; Deike Potzel, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the UN Geneva; Dr Robin Geiss, Director UNIDIR

From left — Collaboration Partners: Hana Salama (UNIDIR); Franziska Greber; Aleksandra Lankamer and Renata Hessmann Dalaqua (UNIDIR)

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Closing Remarks by Hana Salama
Video | 05:14 min

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Closing Remarks by Franziska Greber
Video | 06:40 min

WOMEN WRITING – Photos of women during the writing process
Video | 07:52 min

RECEPTION: Art and advocacy against gender-based violence

Connecting to the immersive Art Installation DISARMING SILENCE, the event will be an opportunity to discuss how art, advocacy and research are levers of action against gender-based violence.

Dr Denis Mukwege, Founder and Chair of the Global Survivors Fund, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Laureate

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Iryna Dovgan, Head of SEMA Ukraine

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From left: Hana Salama; Iryna Dovgan, Head of SEMA Ukraine; Franziska Greber; Esther Dingemans, Executive Director of the Global Survivors Fund; Dr Denis Mukwege, Founder and Chair of the Global Survivors Fund, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Laureate; Erica Schouten, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN.

From left: Erica Schouten, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Netherlands Mission to the UN, Geneva; Vera Duin, Senior Communications Advisor to the Netherlands Mission to the UN in Geneva

Delegates‘ Lounge, UN Geneva

RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS

Hana Salama | Researcher | Integrated Approaches – Gender and Disarmament Programme | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva

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Aleksandra Lankamer | Graduate Professional | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva

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Dr Robin Geiss | Director | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | UN Geneva

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RESONANCE FROM VISITORS

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Support
Permanent Missions of Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway to the UN Office in Geneva, and UN Women

Sponsor
Rotary Zürich-Bellevue
Stadt Wädenswil
RentaBus.ch

WOMEN IN THE DARK Switzerland

WOMEN IN THE DARK | Switzerland | 2017

Andrea Wechlin
Director | Correctional Facility for Women, Hindelbank, Canton Bern | Former Coordinator Violence Prevention & Co-Head of the Women Shelter, Lucerne | Lucerne

2022-2024
Suna Kircali
Co-Management | Avanti Donne, Association – Advocacy Group for Women and Girls with Disabilities | Uster

Züricher Theater Spektakel | Switzerland | 2023

Writing workshop

in collaboration with Suna Kircali, Project Partner* WOMEN IN THE DARK Switzerland & FINTA BAUEN

Basel | Switzerland | 2018

Introducing WOMEN IN THE DARK | Symposium Trauma by Domestic Violence
Town Hall | Basel | Switzerland | 7 June 2018

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St. Gallen | Switzerland | 2017

Launching WOMEN IN THE DARK

in collaboration with Canton of St. Gallen, Coordination office Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Shelter St. Gallen & Association Friends for Kashmir

WOMEN IN THE DARK Chile

WOMEN IN THE DARK | Chile | 2018

Verónica González
Actress
El Buen Camino 9880 | Peñalolén | Santiago de Chile
&
Malucho Pinto
DirectorFUNDACIÓN ARACATACA, NGO committing to improving coexistence in the neighborhood and community | Santiago de Chile

Workshop of the Fundatión ARACATACA

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AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Berlin

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence 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.

more: 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

SILENCE(D)

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

BACKWARDS

WOMEN
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
Audio installation | 60:00 min

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION
Video | 75:00

BOOK
700 pages

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

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

Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40

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‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
Video | 02:20

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

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

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
Video | 31:54

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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‘

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

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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

SILENCE(D)

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

SILENCE(D)

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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS
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.

more: 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

BACKWARDS

WOMEN
Video | 20:00

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
Audio installation | 60:00

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION
Video | 75:00

BOOK
700 pages

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

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

Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40

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‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
Video | 02:20

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

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

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
Video | 31:54

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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‘

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

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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 Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

WOMEN
Video | 20:00

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)
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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS
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.

more: 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

BACKWARDS

HE(A)R
Audio installation | 60:00

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION
Video | 75:00

BOOK
700 pages

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

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

Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40

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‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
Video | 02:20

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

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

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
Video | 31:54

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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‘

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

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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

BACKWARDS

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

BACKWARDS

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS
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.

more: 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

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

WOMEN
Video | 20:00

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
Audio installation | 60:00

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION
Video | 75:00

BOOK
700 pages

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

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

Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40

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

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
Video | 02:20

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

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

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

GUESTBOOK | GÄSTEBUCH | 2024

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
Video | 31:54

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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‘

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

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

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