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Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

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

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HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min

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.

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 | 2024

BACKWARDS | 2024

WOMEN | 2024
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) | 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

60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany

FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

BOOK | 2021
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

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RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

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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’

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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… 

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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 | Freiburg

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Meckelhalle | Freiburg | Germany | 2023

Solo Show

‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with the Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG) & Stelle zur Gleichberechtigung der Frau Freiburg

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Baden-Württemberg was one of 12 federal states of Germany participating in WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany. 690 women wrote their experiences, hopes and demands on white shirts with red permanent markers.

aufruhr des schweigens | 2023
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 | 2022
Video | 20:00 min

BOOK | 2021
The book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany

HE(A)R | 2021
60 women read 60 texts in 11 languages – selected from the 690 shirts, written by women from Germany
Audio installation | 60 min

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FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min

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Martina Raab-Heck | Organizer | Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG)
Video | 03:35 Min

VERNISSAGE

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Antje Krüger | Poject Partner | WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
Video | 04:10 Min

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Lars Hopp | Board Member | Director Sparkasse| Freiburg
Video | 01:37 Min

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Saskia Tröndle | Board Member Frauen- und Kinderschutzhaus & Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG)
Video | 03:51 Min

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Simone Thomas | City Women’s Representative | Stelle zur Gleichberechtigung der Frau
Video | 02:06 Min

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Dipl. Ing. agr. Nicoline von Brasch | Managing Director | Klinik in der Zarten | Hinterzarten
Video | 03:48 Min

Media

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SWR Aktuell | Ina Held | May 8, 2023 | 02:34 Min

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MAKING OF

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RESONANCE OF VISITORS

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Video | 19:10 Min

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OPENING SPEECHES
Antje Krüger | Poject Partner | WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
Lars Hopp | Board Member | Director Sparkasse| Freiburg
Saskia Tröndle | Board Member Frauen- und Kinderschutzhaus & Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG)
Dipl. Ing. agr. Nicoline von Brasch | Managing Director | Klinik in der Zarten | Hinterzarten

HOME

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Alte Münze | Berlin | Germany | 2021

Group Exhibition

International Art Exhibition on Corona Culture – what the f*ck just happened

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HOME – WHEN HOME GETS THROWN OUT OF BALANCE | 2020

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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

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Architekturgalerie | Munich | Germany | 2022

Group Exhibition

Different = Normal

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BREAK | 2022

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Miro Craemer | Curator | introducing BREAK

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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

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80469 Glockenbach Biennale

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS

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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

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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)

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Kunstareal-Fest

PARTICIPATORY SEWING PROCESS

in collaboration with the Pinakothek der Moderne

Panel discussion

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.»

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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