WOMEN IN THE DARK | India | 2016
Anuradha Kapoor
Director | SWAYAM (Women’s Rights Organization committed to ending Violence against Women and Children) | Member of UN Women Advisory Group for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan | Kolkata
witd: WOMEN IN THE DARK
COLUMN OF RESPECT
Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site & Cerne Docks | Port Louis | Mauritius | 2019
Solo Show
‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – Voices‘ in collaboration with Koomatee Fowdur & Mehreen Rughoni | National Women’s Council | Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
COLUMN OF RESPECT | 2019
320 shirts with texts, written by women from Mauritius | metal construction | fabric | 600 cm x Ø 300 cm
WRITING PROCESS | 2019
photos | different sizes
BOOK | 2019
320 Texts, written on shirts by women from Mauritius | table | chairs | lamps | guestbook
GUESTBOOK | 2019
‘VOICES’ I GUEST BOOK I MAURITIUS I 2019
WOMEN | 2019
Mauritian Women speak out
Video | 20:00 min
MAKING OF | 2019
photos of the working process in Mauritius | different sizes
MAKING OF | 2019
Video | 30:00 min
OPENING CEREMONY
Mr. Adrian Wehrli, Honorary Consul General of Switzerland | Mrs. M.A.J. Jaunbocus, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry | Mrs. Franziska Greber | Hon Mrs. Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius | Mrs. Mohini Bali, Chairperson of the National Women’s Council
OPENING SPEECHES
Hon Mrs. Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | Vice-Prime Minister of Local Government and Outer Islands and
Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
Mr. Krishna Luchoomun | Artist, curator & art teacher Mahatma Gandhi Institut. Mr. Krishna Luchoomun represented the Mauritian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale
Exhibition Brochure
Guestbook
SILENCE(D)
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
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
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?
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.
HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min
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
Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min
‘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
WOMEN
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
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.
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
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
HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min
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
Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min
‘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
INVISIBLE
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
INVISIBLE | 2024
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
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
HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min
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
Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min
‘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
AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Berlin
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
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
Vernissage
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
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
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
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.
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
BACKWARDS
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
BACKWARDS | 2024
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
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
HE(A)R | 2024
Audio installation | 60:00 min
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…
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