Recidency | pARTage Atelier | Flic en Flac | Mauritius | 2016
pARTage Atelier | Krishna Luchoomun | Artist | Curator | Art Teacher | Mahatma Gandhi Institut | Moka | Mauritius
Exhibitions: solo
AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Freiburg
Meckelhalle | Freiburg | Germany | 2023
Solo Exhibition
‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘ in collaboration with the Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG) & Stelle zur Gleichberechtigung der Frau Freiburg
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
FACETS OF PARTICIPATION | 2022
Video | 75:00 min
Martina Raab-Heck | Organizer | Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG)
Video | 03:35 Min
VERNISSAGE
Antje Krüger | Poject Partner | WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany
Video | 04:10 Min
Lars Hopp | Board Member | Director Sparkasse| Freiburg
Video | 01:37 Min
Saskia Tröndle | Board Member Frauen- und Kinderschutzhaus & Freiburger Fachstelle Intervention gegen Häusliche Gewalt (FRIG)
Video | 03:51 Min
Simone Thomas | City Women’s Representative | Stelle zur Gleichberechtigung der Frau
Video | 02:06 Min
Dipl. Ing. agr. Nicoline von Brasch | Managing Director | Klinik in der Zarten | Hinterzarten
Video | 03:48 Min
Media
SWR Aktuell | Ina Held | May 8, 2023 | 02:34 Min
MAKING OF
RESONANCE OF VISITORS
Video | 19:10 Min
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
UPROOTED
Palais des Nations | Geneva | 2022
Solo Exhibition
in collaboration with the United Nations Office in Geneva& the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
An exhibition against sexual violence in conflict
UPROOTED
Palais des Nations | Geneva
UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down
UPROOTED
Place du Rhone | Geneva
UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down
UNIDIR Addressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence
The Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox | Hana Salama | June 16 | 2023
(Honored to provide the cover with the UPROOTED installation at the Palais des Nations)
UNIDIR_Addressing_Weapons_in_Conflict_related_Sexual_Violence.pdf
APART
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva
APART
steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350 cm
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Peter Maurer
STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min
(in English & en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Theiler Metallbau AG Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
UPROOTED – WORK IN PROGRESS
Video l 10:44 min
Place du Rhone | City Center
Palais des Nations | UN Geneva | Ariana Park
APART – WORK IN PROGRESS
RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Alessandra Velluci | Collaboration Partner | Director United Information Service | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:21 min
Francesco Pisano | Director United Nations Library | Head of the Cultural Activities Committee | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:35 min
May Maloney | Collaboration Partner | Deputy Head Adressing Sexual Violence | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 04:52 min
Diane Boulay | Humanitarian Affairs – Program Specialist | U.S. Mission to the UN and Other Organizations | Geneva | Switzerland Video
Video | 06:05 min
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Video | 45:00 min
(In English, French, German and Spanish)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 09:31 min
(in English)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 21:30 min
(en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Korporation Horw
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
ZPF Ingenieure Basel
(auf Deutsch)
Kellersberger Bauunternehmung Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war
Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist
Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)
STATEMENTS
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech
Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech
Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt the speech
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech
SUPPORT
US Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich
Peter Maurer | President of the ICRC: Letter of Recommendation
Details about the ICRC campaign on the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict | International Committee of the Red Cross
APART
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR) | Geneva | 2022
Solo Exhibition
in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
An exhibition against sexual violence in conflict
APART
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR)
APART
steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350 cm
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva and Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Peter Maurer
The Humanitarian Adventure: A Museum, a Hug, and a call for Action
UPROOTED
Palais des Nations | Geneva
UPROOTED
dead tree | upside down | 800 cm x Ø 400 cm | Concrete base | 150 x175 cm
UPROOTED
Place du Rhone | Geneva
UPROOTED
dead tree | upside down | 800 cm x Ø 400 cm | concrete base | 150 x 175 cm
UNIDIR Adressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence
The Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox | Hana Salama | June 16 | 2023
(Honored to provide the cover with the UPROOTED installation at the Palais des Nations)
UNIDIR_Addressing_Weapons_in_Conflict_related_Sexual_Violence.pdf
STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00min
(in English & en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Theiler Metallbau AG Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
STATEMENTS
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech
Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech
Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt from the speech
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech
PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war
Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist
Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)
UPROOTED – WORK IN PROGRESS
Place du Rhone
Palais des Nations
APART – WORK IN PROGRESS
STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS | GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min
(in English & en Français)
RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Alessandra Velluci | Collaboration Partner | Director United Information Service | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:21 min
Francesco Pisano | Director United Nations Library | Head of the Cultural Activities Committee | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:35 min
May Maloney | Collaboration Partner | Deputy Head Adressing Sexual Violence | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 04:52 min
Diane Boulay | Humanitarian Affairs – Program Specialist | U.S. Mission to the UN and Other Organizations | Geneva | Switzerland Video
Video | 06:05 min
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Video | 45:00 min
(In English, French, German and Spanish)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 09:31 min
(in English)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 21:30 min
(en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Korporation Horw
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
ZPF Ingenieure Basel
(auf Deutsch)
Kellersberger Bauunternehmung Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war
Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist
Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)
STATEMENTS
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech
Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech
Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt the speech
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech
SUPPORT
US Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich
Peter Maurer | President of the ICRC: Letter of Recommendation
Details about the ICRC campaign on the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict | International Committee of the Red Cross
UPROOTED
Place du Rhone | Geneva | 2022
Solo Exhibition
in collaboration with the United Nations Office in Geneva& the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
An exhibition against sexual violence in conflict
UPROOTED
Place du Rhone
UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down
UPROOTED
Palais des Nations | Geneva
UPROOTED
dead tree – upside down
UNIDIR Adressing Weapons in Conflict-related Sexual Violence
The Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox | Hana Salama | June 16 | 2023
(Honored to provide the cover with the UPROOTED installation at the Palais des Nations)
UNIDIR_Addressing_Weapons_in_Conflict_related_Sexual_Violence.pdf
APART
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva
APART
steel | red clothes | ropes | Ø 350 cm
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Peter Maurer
STATEMENTS FROM VISITORS; RÉFLEXIONS DES VISITEURS
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | 12:00 min
(in English & en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Theiler Metallbau AG Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
STATEMENTS
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech
Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech
Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt from the speech
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech
PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war
Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist
Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)
UPROOTED – WORK IN PROGRESS
Video | 10:44 min
Place du Rhone | City Center
Palais des Nations | UN Geneva | Ariana Park
APART – WORK IN PROGRESS
RESONANCE FROM COLLABORATION PARTNERS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Alessandra Velluci | Collaboration Partner | Director United Information Service | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:21 min
Francesco Pisano | Director United Nations Library | Head of the Cultural Activities Committee | Palais des Nations | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 01:35 min
May Maloney | Collaboration Partner | Deputy Head Adressing Sexual Violence | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Geneva | Switzerland
Video | 04:52 min
Diane Boulay | Humanitarian Affairs – Program Specialist | U.S. Mission to the UN and Other Organizations | Geneva | Switzerland Video
Video | 06:05 min
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS
Palais des Nations | Geneva
Video | 45:00 min
(In English, French, German and Spanish)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 09:31 min
(in English)
Place du Rhone | Geneva
Video | 21:30 min
(en Français)
GEDANKEN ZUR ZUSAMMENARBEIT
Korporation Horw
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
ZPF Ingenieure Basel
(auf Deutsch)
Kellersberger Bauunternehmung Wädenswil
(auf Schweizerdeutsch)
PANEL ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Livestream: NOT an inevitable consequence of war
Cordula Droege | Moderator
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Law, International Committee of the Red Cross
Survivor of conflict related sexual violence and member of the SEMA Network (Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence) | Panelist
Monica Ferro | Panelist
UNFPA, Director Geneva office
Michel Anglade | Panelist
Save the Children (Director and UN Representative, Geneva Advocacy Office)
STATEMENTS
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Excerpt from the speech
Pascal Hufschmid | Executive Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Excerpt from the speech
Franziska Greber | Artist
Excerpt the speech
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker | US Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Excerpt from the speech
SUPPORT
US Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich
Peter Maurer | President of the ICRC: Letter of Recommendation
Details about the ICRC campaign on the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict | International Committee of the Red Cross
CUT THE ROPES
UNTOLD STORIES
500 white shirts | metal construction | fabric | red thread | 6 shirts with texts by women from China | Ø 300cm
–
Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | 2017
Solo Performance
‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in collaboration with UN Women China and the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing
UNTOLD STORIES
CUT THE ROPES
Solo Performance in Collaboration with NGOs, Woman Rights Organizations & UN Women China
For my art installation UNTOLD STORIES, 500 white shirts were tied together with thick ropes to form a huge globe. There are only a few shirts lying on the ground that are connected to the globe with a thin line of blood. This pile of shirts found their way out of the harmful prison of silence that is the globe, which allowed them to be written on.
We are here today to portray our determination to break the silence of women affected by all kinds of gender-based violence and discrimination.
The event is intended to show and confirm China’s social and societal support for these women, the seriousness of the violence, and the commitment to end it. It allows the WOMEN IN THE DARK to express themselves and assures them that people want to hear what they have to say. The act of cutting the ropes by members of NGOs and human rights organizations helps the shirts fall down and “frees“ them from being held back. These shirts will be picked up by professionals and handed out to the women who want to speak out.
In 2016 China created their first law against domestic violence. This law is very politically significant; however the cultural roots of domestic violence still need to be changed in order to remove pressure and dramatic consequences for the women. Women need to feel safe to report violent husbands and family members to the police and to seek separation from their abusers.
Franziska Greber
Artist & Psychotherapist
Switzerland
HOME
Superblock | Winterthur | Switzerland | 2020
Solo Exhibition
Exhibition against sexual Violence in collaboration with the Beratungsstelle Frauen-Nottelefon Winterthur
HOME | 2020
HOME should be a place of safety and retreat, trust and tranquility. But war, terror and violence force people to leave their HOME or it transfers to a place of fear, pain and horror. Many women and children and other vulnerable groups are humiliated, controlled and disempowered and devalued even in peaceful times. If HOME is out of balance, they are existentially threatened, especially if they choose the path to freedom. In times of particular strain, these existing processes are magnified and multiplied. Not only does the contempt for women dramatically increase, but also racism and homophobia.
(Photo: Doris Binda)
Franziska Greber & Nicolas Galladé | City Councilor of Winterthur
WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE
Sisir Mancha Theater | Kolkata | India | 2018
Solo Show
Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in Collaboration with SWAYAM
Photos of the installations ECHO, WAVE OF VOICES and RESISTANCE that were shown at Vicoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | 2017
Texplates with selected texts by women from India that participated at WOMEN IN THE DARK India
Curator
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal | Founder and President SOI | Kolkata | India
SCHWEIGEN
Anna Göldi Museum | Ennenda | Switzerland | 2019
Solo Show
SchweigenPunkt. Schweigen. Schweigen. Verschwiegenheit. Punkt. Punkt.
An Exhibition about SILENCE. SilenceDot. Silence. Silenced. Secrecy. Dot. Dot.
SILENCE | 2019
60 filled black trash bags | strings | 600 x 400 x 600 cm
UNTOLD STORIES | 2019
500 white shirts | metal construction | chicken mesh | fabric | Ø 300 cm
Book | 2019
60 Texts from 8 Countries, written by women on their shirts
Photos | 2019
8 photos of the women’s writing process | flash lights | different sizes
WHAT DO I FEAR OF LOOSING? | 2018
Video | 03:00 min
Chinese woman speaks out
VOICES | 2019
20 mattresses | pillows, duvets | sheets | flash lights | 800 x 600 x 100 cm
5 videos of women from India, China, Zimbabwe and Switzerland, to be seen on pillows, mattresses, duvets & sheets
Peter Maurer | President of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
(Photo: Sasi Subramaniam)
OPENING SPEECHES
Fridolin Elmer | Director | Anna Göldi Museum | Ennenda | Switzerland
Susanne Wintsch | Art Historian | Zurich | Switzerland