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
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm
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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm
BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm
WOMEN | 2024mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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) | 2024walkable spiral with 6 questions | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm
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
garbage bags | sofa | armchairs
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
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…
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
Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)
‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
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.
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
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’
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
More information: Maira Aldana Baeza – Stiftung Reinbeckhallen
