witd: WOMEN IN THE DARK

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | Freiburg

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Meckelhalle | Freiburg | Germany | 2023

Solo Exhibition

WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence 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 twelve German federal states participating in WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany. The installation consists of 690 white shirts bearing handwritten texts in around 40 languages, recording the experiences, hopes and demands of women from across Germany. Written with red permanent markers, the texts give voice to experiences of discrimination.

WOMEN
Video | 20:00

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 | 60:00

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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

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

UNTOLD STORIES

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Crossroads Centre Art Space | Beijing | China | 2016

International Group Exhibition

in collaboration with Li Dan | Founder, Director & Curator Crossroads Centre

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UNTOLD STORIES

Texts
Five shirts featuring texts by women from China, displayed on the floor.

Julia Broussard | Head of the Office | UN Women China
Li Dan | Director & Curator | Crossroads Centre | Beijing

Reuters China | Excerpt | 00:42 min

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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

Woman from Zimbabwe, writing on a white shirt with a red pen
(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

Photo
Text by a woman from Zimbabwe

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CURATOR Crossroads Centre Art Space
Li Dan | Director
Chinese NGO organization that seeks to raise awareness about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights in China through the use of film and art


CURATORS World Trade Center
Ms. Roselyn | General Manager of Trends Lounge | China World Trade Center | Beijing
Li Dan | Director | Crossroads Centre | Beijing

CUT THE ROPES

UNTOLD STORIES
500 white shirts | metal construction | fabric | red thread | 6 shirts with texts by women from China | Ø 300cm

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Crossroads Center Art Space | Beijing | 2017

Solo Performance

in collaboration with UN Women China & the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing

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UNTOLD STORIES

CUT THE ROPES

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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

UNTOLD STORIES

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China-Europe International Contemporary Art Global Tour | 2018 Bund NO.27 | Shanghai | 2018

International Group Exhibition

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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
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Longjing Li
Curator and art broker
Shanghai

UNTOLD STORIES

UNTOLD STORIES | 2019
Photo | 75 x 50 cm

UNTOLD STORIES | Ø 300cm globe | 500 white shirts, tied together with Ropes | 6 shirts with texts, written by women from China, lie on the floor | 2016

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2019 | Art Center 117 | Ningbo | China

International Group Exhibition

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Curator
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

WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE

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Sisir Mancha Theater | Kolkata | India | 2018 

Solo Show

Voices of Courage and Sorrow – ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK‘ in Collaboration with SWAYAM 

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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

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Curator
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Women Writers’ Association of West Bengal | Founder and President SOI | Kolkata | India