Photo: Dirk Urban
Photo: Falko Behr
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
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
RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION & PROJECT PARTNERS | Kunsthalle Erfurt
Nadja Sthamer | State Commissioner for Gender Equality of the Federal State of Thuringia
Photo: Dirk Urban
Katharina Schenk | Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Labour and Family of Thuringia
Photo: Falko Behr
Dr. Helga Herzfeld | Head of the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Istanbul Convention
Photo: Dirk Urban
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)
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
