BACKWARDS

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024


Solo Show

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

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
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… 

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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)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

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

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


TALK

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

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… 

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

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

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

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

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

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

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

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


TALK

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

Opening Speech

Bavarian State Minister, Women’s Representative of the Bavarian State Government about my international art project WOMEN IN THE DARK and her patronage of the exhibition “feminine – the social and political power of the feminine in art and society” at Denkraum Deutschland, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
2 October 2021

Excerpt from the Opening Speech by Mrs. Carolina Trautner
«Red on white – this is how we see the messages of women and girls in front of us – and they hit us with a force that relentlessly shows the long way we still have to go. The messages give us a good boost. […] There is so much power in Franziska Greber’s work. Her exhibition WOMEN IN THE DARK gives a voice to those who our society sees far too seldom. Here girls and women show the violence they are experiencing in our country and around the world. […] This project in the Pinakothek der Moderne gives so many women and girls the chance to raise their voices themselves and get people to think. […] »

Opening Speech

Deputy General Director, Neue Pinakothek, Munich about my installation WOMEN IN THE DARK, which was on view as part of the group exhibition “feminine – the social and political power of the feminine in art and society” in DENKRAUM Deutschland, Pinakothek der Moderne
2 October 2021


Exerpt from the Opening Speech by Dr. Joachim Kaak
«So it is important to talk and think about stereotypes of the feminine and social constraints and last but not least about violence against women, which the impressive and opressiv work of Franziska Greber documents and makes clear. ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’ is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs and we will hear more about it at this point.»

‘feminin – die soziale und politische Kraft des Weiblichen in Kunst und Gesellschaft’

feminine – the social and political power of the feminine in art and society’

Film Documentation of the Curatorial Tour through the DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND 2021 feminine
For the third time, the format DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND curated by Miro Craemer is taking place in the temporary use of an exhibition room. For one week, DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND is devoted to a social aspect. DENKRAUM takes up current issues with and about art – in the spirit of Joseph Beuys, who saw the museum as a place of permanent conference and whose “speeches about one’s own country: Germany” in 1985 at the Münchner Kammerspiele was the inspiration for the project. Under the topic “feminine”, the DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND 2021 is all about the social and political potential of the feminine in art and society. Works from various media by Joseph Beuys, Gabi Blum, Valeska von Brase, Tomma Galonska, Franziska Greber, Hira Khan, Sudi Khonssari, the artist collective Die Villa, Judith Milberg, Naila Mahmood, Beate Passow, Doro Seror, Mica Wintermayr and others will be shown and in addition, the ‘Initiative fair share! Visibility for female artists’.

Curated by Miro Craemer

Interviews by Miro Craemer and/or Dr. Renée Gadsden
Camera & final cut: Alexander Löwenstein (https://youtu.be/nJaDXdXcUj4)


Miro Craemer about ‘WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens’
«I think the work is really very very special, both artistically and in terms of its social content […] It’s also interesting that we see 40 languages here – in the book on display […] each one has been translated, each one can be read. This is a real document of the times.» 


Excerpt from the Film Documentation

HOME | Berlin

Alte Münze | Berlin | Germany | 2021

International Group Exhibition

HOME – WHEN HOME GETS THROWN OUT OF BALANCE | 2020
Steel | wood | bed covers | sheets | pillows | metal headboards | 200x200x330 cm

CURATORS
Alex Krüger | Artistic Director | Alte Münze | Berlin | Germany
Halea Isabelle Kala | Artist | Berlin | Germany

About the Exhibition CORONA CULTURE – what the f*ck just happened 
About my installation HOME

BREAK

Architekturgalerie | Munich | Germany | 2022

Group Exhibition

BREAK | 2022
chair | wood

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Miro Craemer | Curator | introducing BREAK

CONCEPT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Miro Craemer

CURATORS
Miro Craemer | Tanja Hirschfeld | Hira Khan | Christoph Gothgar

PATRONAGE
Katrin Habenschaden | Zweite Bürgermeisterin der LH München

About the Exhibition DIFFERENT = NORMAL
More photos & videos on instagram: 80469 Glockenbach Biennale