Productions

Archivierung als Widerständige Praxis – Eine Wissensressource der praktizierten Solidarität

Initiative for Solidarity in Theater e.V. (ISaT)

2 days

Saal

The Initiative Solidarität am Theater e.V. (ISaT) invites you to a two-day gathering on intersectional queer-feminist archival practices. Based on the history of marginalized groups’ movements, we want to decentralize dominant narratives in the cultural sector and work together to develop and maintain »archives of resistance« that prioritize marginalized knowledge. We ask ourselves how an archive can become (more) accessible and what gaps and conflicts have led to some struggles being barely remembered. On December 12 and 13, we are bringing the archive to the theater space of Ballhaus Ost and inviting colleagues and audiences to engage in artistic interaction and encounter with the unfinished archive.

The Initiative for Solidarity in Theater (ISaT) was founded in 2017 out of the need to counteract ongoing inequality and discrimination in the cultural sector. It is a decentralized network that aims to act from a perspective critical of power structures.

PROGRAM
FRIDAY 12/12
17:00: Welcome
18:30–19:15: »BIOFUCK«, performance, LIFT Performance Collective
20:00–20:30: »Hungerstein«, lecture performance, Aidan Riebensahm & Lea Steinhilber
21:30–22:30: Agnieszka Habraschka / Eszka, concert
22:30–23:00: Soft ending

SATURDAY 13/12
14:00: Welcome
13:15–16:00: »Die Möllner Briefe« (96′), film screening
16:00–17:00: »FemmeFitness«, lecture performance & feminist fitness session
19:00–20:00: »böse blicke_n«, lecture performance, Nuray Demir
20:30–21:30: »Darf man etwa nicht so egozentrisch sein und seine Erfahrungen für sich behalten? Diasporisches Erinnern an Fasia Jansen«, performative reading »Brief an Fasia« followed by a film screening, Ali*ne B*enecke
21:30–22:30: Exchange and a joint closing
22:30–23:00: Soft ending

Project team ISaT Aidan Riebensahm, Golschan Ahmad Haschemi, Isabel Schwenk, Lea Steinhilber, Melmun Bajarchuu, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, Noa Winter, Sarah Fartuun Heinze With Agnieszka Habraschka, Ali*ne B*enecke, FemmeFitness, LIFT Performancekollektiv, Nuray Demir, Zwoisy Mears-Clarke and further contributions

A production by Initiative for Solidarity in Theater e.V. (ISaT) in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Funded by IMPACT funding from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin.

Dates

Dec 12, 2025, 17:00
Dec 13, 2025, 14:00

Tickets: 15 | 10 | 5 euros
Tickets can be purchased by phone, email, or online. Please note that reservations via email and phone are only possible from Monday to Friday between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. For online tickets, the provider Reservix charges a 10% advance booking fee and a 2 euro service fee in addition to the basic ticket price. 3 Euro tickets for Berlin Pass/Berlin Ticket S holders are available at the box office only (subject to availability).
If you can’t afford the admission, feel free to contact us at karten@ballhausost.de or speak to us on site — no one should be excluded.

Access / Content Note: in spoken German/on December 12, partial interpretation into German sign language
accessible for wheelchair users
various seating options

Content notes:
As the individual contributions are still being developed, accessibility information and content notes will be continuously updated until the day of the event. Detailed information on the accessibility of the venue and the contributions will also be available on site at the accessibility information point. If required, the project team will be happy to answer any questions about accessibility in advance at the following email address: info@solidaritaet-am-theater.org

Access:
All parts of the event are fully accessible. There is no grandstand, but rather various seating and reclining options in the room (including beanbags and chairs). The event will take place as a relaxed performance. Visitors can leave the room at any time and come back again. In addition, part of the room will be designed as a low-stimulus retreat corner. Access Friends will be on site throughout the event to assist visitors as needed, e.g., with room orientation. Out of solidarity with disabled and chronically ill team members and guests, testing and masks are mandatory for the event (with the exception of people who cannot wear a mask for accessibility reasons and are symptom-free). Tests and masks will be provided on site—we welcome anyone who would like to support us and test themselves at home beforehand.