Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024
Solo Exhibition
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
against discrimination and violence in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen
BACKWARDS
AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS
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.
more: 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
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
WOMEN
Video | 20:00
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
Audio installation | 60:00
60 women read 60 texts, written by women from Germany
FACETS OF PARTICIPATION
Video | 75:00
BOOK
700 pages
The book includes all 690 texts – written by women from Germany on their shirts – in the original language and the German translation
BACKSTAGE
China: Video | 03:07
India: Video | 03:37
Mauritius: Video | 02:31
Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40
‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
Video | 02:20
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 | 31:54
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 (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