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BACKWARDS

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

the whole exhibition

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

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 ‘

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

interviews

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

events

DANCE IMPROVISATION

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)

TALK

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

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 | Berlin

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

Solo Show

in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen

the whole exhibition

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

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

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 ‘

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

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

interviews

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

events

DANCE IMPROVISATION

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)

TALK

AND NOW … ?
Transdisciplinary responses to 690 voices

More information (in German): UND JETZT…

more details

SUPPORT
‘The Power of the Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH
BMU Veranstaltungstechnik | Berlin

UNTOLD STORIES

Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | China | 2016

International Group Exhibition

in collaboration with Li Dan | Founder, Director & Curator Crossroads Centre | Chinese NGO organization that seeks to raise awareness about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights in China through the use of film and art

the whole exhibition

UNTOLD STORIES
500 white shirts, tied together with ropes | 5 shirts with texts, written by women from China | Ø 300cm

Texts
5 texts by women from China | wooden frames | 30x50cm

3 Photos
50x80cm

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Reuters China | Excerpt | 00:42 min

The Shirts

This shirt had been laid secretly among the others the day after the opening of the exhibition.

Exhibition at China World Trade Centre | Trends Lounge | Beijing

Photo
Woman from Zimbabwe, writing on a white shirt with a red pen | 50x80cm
(Red as a color was not accepted by the World Trade Center, I opted for black and white photos.)

Photo
Text by a woman from Mauritius | 60x80cm

Photo
Text by a woman from Zimbabwe | 50x80cm

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CUT THE ROPES

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2017 | Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | China

Solo Performance

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

IMBALANCE

International Culture & Art Centre Meixi Hall | Changsha | China | 2018

International Group Exhibition

the whole exhibition

LOAD | 2018
shirts | wigs | metal grid | 600x400x100cm

(The installation LOAD was banned and dismantled by the government of the Hunan Province before the opening)

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Curator
Zhen Guo | Artist | New York | USA

UNTOLD STORIES (Photo)

China-Europe International Contemporary Art Global Tour | Shanghai | 2018

Group Exhibition
2018 Bund NO.27 | Global Investors Hub | Shanghai | China

弗兰齐斯卡·格雷伯：瑞士艺术家。她曾担任苏黎世州司法和内政事务局反家庭暴力干预中心的联合负责人；曾担任心理治疗师，监督员，组织顾问；并在大学和学院教学。她在多种学术期刊和书籍上撰写了大量文章，并在日内瓦和维也纳担任联合国活动的发言人。她参与了许多戏剧项目，曾是一部关于抑郁症的纪录片《灵魂的影子》（SeelenSchatten），以及一部关于家庭暴力的故事片《夏季游戏》（Giochi d’estate – Summer Games）的剧本顾问。2016年，她发起了国际艺术项目《黑暗中的女人们》。该项目使得生活在社会黑暗中的女人们发出声音——她们通过使用红色马克笔在白色衬衫上写下自己的经历、痛苦、希望和愿望。只有与各自国家的相关组织合作才能实现这一目标。到目前为止，参加的国家有津巴布韦、塞舌尔、毛里求斯、中国、印度、瑞士、智利和德国。女性服装被展示为艺术装置，记录女性书写的过程以照片、书籍和视频的形式展现出来。弗兰齐斯卡·格雷伯（Franziska Greber）曾在中国举办过几次团体和个人展览。

Franziska Greber is a Swiss Artist. She was former Co-Head of the Intervention Center against Domestic Violence at the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs in the Canton of Zurich, worked as a Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Organization Counselor, and taught at Universities and Colleges. She has written numerous articles in academic journals and books and was a Speaker for UN Events in Geneva and Vienna. She was involved in many Theater Projects, was a Script-consultant for a documentary film about depression “SeelenSchatten” and for a feature film about domestic violence “Giochi d’estate – Summer Games”.In 2016 she initiated the international art project WOMEN IN THE DARK, which gives women who live in the dark of society a voice by writing their experiences, pain, hopes and wishes on a white shirt with a red permanent marker. Achieving this goal is only possible in collaboration with organizations in the respective country. So far participating are Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile and Germany. The female garments are shown as art installations, the documented writing process of the women as photos, books and videos.

Franziska Greber had several group and solo exhibitions – also in China.

CURATORS

Ma Yiying
Artist and curator, vice president of the Oil Painting Academy of China – Contemporary Fine Arts Institute of Culture, 2018 Chinese Annual Art Event. Representative Exhibition: Chinese Abstract Art (UN) Exhibition
Shenzhen

Longjing Li
Curator and art broker
Shanghai

Art Museum Jiangxi Normal University | Nanchang | China | 2019

International Group Exhibition

the whole exhibition

MUTE | 2019
25 Black shirts | Ø 300cm

(Model)

VOICES | 2019
Video | 10:20 min

Speaking is often in conflict with different interests. When, why and what women express depends on many factors and is also country- and culture-specific. Values are an important reference, as is safety. It’s a thin line whether the raised voices are resonant and impactful or fall silent again.

BOOKS | 2019
The two books contain all texts read in the video VOICES by women from Switzerland, India and Zimbabwe

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CURATORS
Xiong Yunhao | Nanchang | China
Xiao Shang | Nanchang | China

WOMEN IN THE DARK SPEAK OUT

ECHO | 2017
fabric | chicken mesh | 2500×600 cm

ECHO | 2017
fabric | chicken mesh | 2500×600 cm

Anouradha Kapoor, Director of SWAYAM, Project Partner WOMEN IN THE DARK India; Franziska Greber, Artist; Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Writer, Scholar, Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal, Founder and President SOI; Dr. Yayanta Sengupta, Director and Curator Victoria Memorial Hall

Black Boards | 2017
100 x 200 cm

selected texts by women from India

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

WAVE OF VOICES | 2017

PHOTOS | 2017
Writing Process | different Sizes
&
WOMEN | 2017
Video | 30:00 mins
Women from India read what they wrote on their Dupattas

BOOK | 2017
216 transcribed Texts translated into Englisch – each Page of the Book shows one Text, written by a Woman from India

2017 | ECHO, RESISTANCE & WAVE OF VOICES | Victoria Memorial Hall | Kolkata | India

Solo Show

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In collaboration with Anuradha Kapoor | Director SWAYAM | Women’s Rights Organization committed to ending Violence against Women and Children | Former Member of UN Women Advisory Group for India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan | Kolkata | India

Summary of my Speech at the Opening

Curator
Dr Jayanta Sengupta
Director
Victoria Memorial Hall
Kolkata

Advisors and Supporters
Saumik Chakraborty & Piyali Sadhukan
Design | Scenography | Art
Kolkata

Opening Speech
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Writer | scholar | winner of two literary awards | Padma Shri Award 2000 & Sahitya Akademi Award 1999
Kolkata

Making of Video

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