NOWHERE NoWhere NowHere

GALATA MUSEO DEL MARE | Genoa | Italy | 2024

Group Exhibition

SEA. Liquid Paradigm | Visions of the World between Analogue and Digital | Biennale Le latitudini dell´arte | Svitzerland / Italy | VI Edition


NOWHERE NoWhere NowHere

an art project on exclusion, social & political participation

The focus is on five people who live in Genoa and whose stories are connected to the sea in various ways. They talk about their experiences with exclusion and visions on participation. It shows a diverse and colorful society. The potential lost due to exclusion also becomes visible.

The casual encounters took place on the street, where the interviews were also conducted. The original texts and translations have not been censored, edited or corrected.

The voices of the participants are to be listened in an Audio of 32 min and to and read in the opposite space.

NOWHERE NoWhere NowHere | 2024
Container | fishing equipment | buoy | ropes | tarpaulins | plants | watering can | 300 x 200 x 220 cm

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The voices of the five interviewed people can be heard from the inside the installation NOWHERE | Video | 31:55 min

The transcribed interview texts of the 5 participants in their original language and the translation into Italian and English

OPENING

Virginia Monteverde (Curator & Initiator) and Viana Conti (Art Critic)
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Viana Conti | about NOWHERE NoWhere NowHere | Video 02:16 min

WORK IN PROGRESS

Looking for material
With the help from two fisherman
Setting up in the Galata Museo del Mare
Curator Virginia Monteverde
Printing the texts of the interviews

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 10:59 min
(various languages – with English subtitles)

Statments.pdf

CURATOR & INITIATOR
Virginia Monteverde | Genoa | Italy

 
ART CRITIC
Viana Conti | Genoa | Italy

OPENING SPEECH
Virginia Monteverde & Viana Conti

WOMEN

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024


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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024
mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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
walkable spiral | 6 questions on the wall | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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 ‘

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

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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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

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Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)


TALK

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

SILENCE(D)

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024
mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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
walkable spiral | 6 questions on the wall | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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… 

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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

walkable spiral | 6 questions on the wall | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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

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Walking through the Exhibition
Video | 02:40 min

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)


TALK

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

HE(A)R

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024

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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024

mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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

walkable spiral | 6 questions on the wall | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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… 

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)


TALK

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

BACKWARDS

Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024


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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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) | 2024walkable spiral with 6 questions | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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… 

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)


TALK

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

AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm

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
steel frame | wire mesh | red clothes | 400 cm height | Ø 220 cm

BACKWARDS | 2024
steel frame | wire mesh | fabric | black shirts | Ø 300 cm

WOMEN | 2024mattresses | bed linen | pillows | sheets | carpets
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) | 2024walkable spiral with 6 questions | steel frame | plywood | 350 height | Ø 400 cm

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… 

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)

‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

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

RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 32:00 min

(in German & English)

DANCE IMPROVISATION


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

By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations

Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)


TALK

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