VISTA | 2026 The view is obscured. Vastness becomes a fragment. Only small openings offer glimpses outside. Who can see, who is seen? Who remains invisible? For whom do possibilities open up, and for whom do they remain closed? How far can one’s own gaze reach? And who can look beyond the present into a future?
NOWHERE NowWhere NowHere | 2024 Five people from Genoa speak about their relationship with the sea, about exclusion and traumatic experiences, and about their hope for respect, belonging, and a self-determined future. AUDIO | 31:55
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The audio transcripts present the five voices heard in the audio – each in its original language as well as in Italian, German, and English translation. The original texts have been reproduced unchanged, without linguistic corrections or editorial revisions.
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.
Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021. Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.
APART
Photo: Falko Behr
BEAT
Photo: Falko Behr
BACKSTAGE China, India and Mauritius
SHIRTS The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings
Shirts mit Zeichnungen Photos
Photo: Falko Behr
BUCH The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.
WOMEN
HE(A)R
WOMEN WRITING Mauritius
BREAK
FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.
WOMEN WRITING Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.
RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence: Meckelhalle Freiburg, Reinbeckhallen Berlin, Galerie im Burggrafiat Alzey.
Space for Information, Encounters and Events
BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?
VERNISSAGE
Photo: Falko Behr
Photo: Falko Behr
From the left: Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt); Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt); Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK); Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt); Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen Choreography: Ester Ambrosino Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana Music: Michael Krause Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)
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Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.
Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.
Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.
Support Kunsthalle Erfurt Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen ‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.
Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021. Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.
APART
Photo: Falko Behr
BACKSTAGE China, India and Mauritius
SHIRTS The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings
Shirts mit Zeichnungen Photos
Photo: Falko Behr
BUCH The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.
WOMEN
HE(A)R
WOMEN WRITING Mauritius
BREAK
FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.
WOMEN WRITING Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.
RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence: Meckelhalle Freiburg, Reinbeckhallen Berlin, Galerie im Burggrafiat Alzey.
Space for Information, Encounters and Events
BEYOND. Wie lange schon? Wie lange noch?
VERNISSAGE
Photo: Falko Behr
Photo: Falko Behr
From the left: Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt); Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt); Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK); Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt); Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie); Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen Choreography: Ester Ambrosino Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana Music: Michael Krause Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)
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Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.
Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.
Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.
Support Kunsthalle Erfurt Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen ‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens against discrimination and violence in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Erfurt, the Beauftragten für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen and WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.
WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany is part of the international WOMEN IN THE DARK art project.
Unexpected participation in the writing process of a work completed for Germany in 2021. Inspired by their visit to the exhibition, women from Thuringia spontaneously shared their personal stories too.
BACKSTAGE Videos
SHIRTS mit Zeichnungen Photos
SHIRTS The video features all 690 shirts created by women from Germany, including their writings and drawings
Photo: Falko Behr
BUCH The book contains all 690 texts written by women from Germany in their original language as well as in German translation.
APART
Photo: Falko Behr
BEAT
Photo: Falko Behr
WOMEN
HE(A)R
WOMEN WRITING Mauritius
BREAK
FACETTEN DER PARTIZIPATION In the video, people and organizations involved in the process of ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK Germany‘ approach the topic of participation from different perspectives. Their voices, experiences, and positions emerge as multifaceted reflections on questions of involvement, responsibility, and visibility.
WOMEN WRITING Photographs from all eight countries that have participated in WOMEN IN THE DARK since 2016: Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, China, India, Switzerland, Chile, and Germany.
RESONANCE from Visitors and Collaboration Partners on the exhibition ‚WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens‘: reflections on the voices of the women who shared their experiences, and on the themes of discrimination and violence.
Space for Information, Encounters and Events
VERNISSAGE
Photo: Falko Behr
Photo: Falko Behr
From the left: – Susette Schubert (Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Stadt Erfurt) – Dr. Helga Herzfeld, Kooperationspartnerin (Leiterin Koordinierungsstelle Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie) – Susanne Knorr, Kooperationspartnerin (Kuratorin Kunsthalle Erfurt) – Nadja Sthamer, Kooperationspartnerin (Beauftragte für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie) – Franziska Greber (Artist and Initiator WOMEN IN THE DARK) – Katharina Schenk, Kooperationspartnerin (Thüringer Ministerin für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie) – Prof. Dr. Elke Werner, Kooperationspartnerin (Direktorin der Kunstmuseen Erfurt) – Sabine Guntau, Projektpartnerin (Referentin Koordinierung Istanbul-Konvention, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie) – Olga Gutfreund-Soer (Administration Officer, Thüringer Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Arbeit und Familie)
Tanztheater Erfurt performing within the installation AUFRUHR DES SCHWEIGENS at the Lange Nacht der Museen Choreography: Ester Ambrosino Dancers: Ester Ambrosino & Lucina Giarratana Music: Michael Krause Video | 04:32 (Excerpt)
By loading this video you accept YouTube’s data protection regulations
Artists Franziska Greber (Zurich) and Gabriele Stötzer (Erfurt) in conversation with Helga Herzfeld from the Thuringian Coordination Office for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
Together, they explore the possibilities and necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration with social stakeholders to make discrimination against women visible, discuss strategies for the prevention of violence, and address questions of equality and human rights.
Moderated by Elke Werner, Director of the Erfurt Art Museums, and Susanne Knorr, Curator of Kunsthalle Erfurt.
Further documentation of the accompanying events will follow soon.
WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens brings to light the realities of gender-based discrimination and violence in Germany. The project was supported by DER PARITÄTISCHE in Bavaria, with Antje Krüger as project partner, and by the Berlin Initiative against Violence against Women BIG e.V., with Patricia Kielinger as project partner. Around 150 organizations across 12 German federal states engaged 690 women, who wrote about their experiences on white shirts with red permanent markers in more than 40 languages.
Support Kunsthalle Erfurt Ministerium für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann des Freistaats Thüringen ‚The Power of The Arts‘ by Philip Morris GmbH
