WOMEN IN THE DARK – aufruhr des schweigens
Reinbeckhallen | Berlin | Germany | 2024
Solo Show
in collaboration with Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG e.V.) & Stiftung Reinbeckhallen
with support of THE POWER OF THE ARTS from Philip Morris GmbH (WOMEN IN THE DARK was awarded this Art Prize in 2023) & BMU Veranstaltungstechnik Berlin
aufruhr des schweigens | 2024
shirts | fabric | steel frame | red carpet | 600 x 2000 cm
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
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
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 | two armchairs
60 women read 60 texts – selected from the 690 shirts – 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
UND JETZT … ?
Transdisziplinäre Resonanz auf 690 Stimmen gegen Diskriminierung und Gewalt von Frauen aus Deutschland
An event by BIG e.V. with the support of the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin
The discussion offers a platform for exchange between experts in the fields of art, society and politics.
More information: UND JETZT…
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
Video | 03:08 min (Excerpt of the 15-minute Performance)
‘THE POWER OF THE ARTS – TRANSFORMING SOCIETY’
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.
RESONANCE FROM VISITORS | 2024
Video | 32:00 min
(in German & English)