»screening invisibilities« is an associative examination of invisibility. An encounter with the ambivalence of this political concept and a questioning of how we deal with it. Together with an ensemble of hearing and deaf artists, Basel director Zino Wey initiates a questioning of our perception. When does the body become a language medium? Which forms of language are we used to encountering? And who do we make invisible, even though we can see them? Signs, gestures, movement, dance and music are used to develop our own body languages and create a new (speaking) space that looks for similarities rather than differences.
A poetic-political manifesto for visibility.
A performance in sign language and spoken language.
For »screening invisibilities«, Zino Wey brings together a diverse ensemble from the fields of performance, dance, sign language art and music for a joint discussion and encounter.
Wey has been working as a director, set designer and author in various performative contexts at municipal and state theaters as well as in the independent scene since 2012. He has an ongoing collaboration with Ballhaus Ost, as do many of the artists involved.
The performance is part of our guest performance series Berlin Basel Smash: from February 23 to March 9, we will be showing three pieces from the city on the Rhine at Ballhaus Ost. »Recycling of Life« by Antje Schupp | Ayman Nahle | Yanik Soland will be followed by »Court Fantasies« and »screening invisibilities« by Zino Wey.
Throughout history, female gender identity has often been narrowly defined by the lack of the phallus. In »Falla«, choreographer Julia B. Laperrière and musician Pia Achternkamp address this problematic idea from a queer feminist perspective using the strap-on dildo as a transformative tool. Funny, playful, and rock’n roll!
Julia B. Laperrière is a French-Canadian choreographer based in Berlin since 2016. As an artist navigating between Berlin, Montpellier and Montreal, the heterogeneous mix of languages, places, practices, people and genres —both artistic and identity related— constitute an integral part of her practice. Lately, she has been interested in the representations of the female body on stage, new intimacies and dangerous dances. Julia and Pia collaborate since 2020.
On March 15, there will be an Artist talk after the performance.
N O T E :
Loud noises and flickering lights are part of the performance.
There is nudity. The performers tell personal sex stories during the performance.
Ur-Oper #14 »ICH FRIDA Du DIEGO«
In the art world, the relationship between two artists is often a dance between rivalry and inspiration. There is a spark of competition that drives them to surpass themselves, although their symbiosis is fueled by passion for their work. In the studio, the colors of their canvases mingle in the air, creating a creative atmosphere. Their works differ from day and night: one draws reality in sharp contrasts and hard lines, the other radiates in the colors of dream and fantasy. Despite their differences, they find a common rhythm. Their eyes speak one language. But things are bubbling under the surface. Every success of the other is an incentive to question oneself. Every recognition is a silent call for self-improvement. They are companions and competitors at the same time, caught in an eternal cycle of admiration and jealousy.
Together with the artist Okka-Esther Hungerbühler , whose works deal with dreamlike materials in the microcosm, Helmi embarks on a search for the Uroper.
Das Helmi Puppentheater Kollektiv from Berlin has been at Ballhaus Ost since 2006. They combine many artistic languages and directions in their shows, in which the Helmi puppets and a self-written music always take leading roles.
With their series »Die Suche nach der Ur-Oper« (The Search for the Pre-Opera), they have been performing on their own small new stage at the Ballhaus Ost bar every month since January 2023. Because: What you can’t talk about because it’s somehow so big and incomprehensible, you can maybe sing about. (Emir Tebatebai)
In a solo with a Polaroid camera, Rodrigo Zorzanelli stages performative self-portraits based on personal experiences of citizenship acquisition and coming out as non-binary person. The photos mask, shine, disturb the space and the body.
Rodrigo Zorzanelli performs, writes and produces in Berlin’s independent theater and performance scene. Rodrigo’s work deals with non-binarity, feminist autofiction, invisible structures, bureaucracy and belonging. »multiple memberships« is Rodrigo’s first work at Ballhaus Ost.
Tentacular Figurings invite you to an undisciplined, r/evolutionary performance.
Join us to encounter speculative embodiments of our common queer ancestors. Leave your »sapiens« at the checkroom and Meet Your Dancestors!
Tentacular Figurings Tentacular Figurings is an exploratory, multi-disciplinary performance collective. Core team are Mika Bangemann and Eddie N. von Seckendorff. Since 2021, they have been developing ambiguous bodies beyond the human in their performances. »Meet Your Dancestors!« is their first work at Ballhaus Ost.
»Queerokratia – Federal Conference for Self-Determination«. Queer and TIN* politics, activism and self-organization will come together here in Berlin. Beyond the boundaries of political forms of organization and action, we want to ask: What are progressive queer politics today? What roles do different actors play in this?
Program
30.5. / 17:00-18:30 / Kick Off at Ballhaus Ost
1.6. /from 23:00/ Party at Aeve
2.6. / 12:00-15:00 / Conclusion with presentation of the results at Ballhaus Ost
2.6. / 17:00-21:00 / Exhibition of the event space created by Fadi Aljabour: a political-poetic spatial installation for the Queerocracy Conference in the Vierte Welt
Markus&Markus Theaterkollektiv
The performance written and directed by Rodrigó Balogh and Márton Illés narrates the societal changes in socialist and later in the free, democratic Hungary. It celebrates the unseen builders of Hungarian history. The production is inspired by real events and individuals, but leaves plenty of room for imagination. How do the many sacrifices affect their family and personal relationships?
Independent Theater Hungary has been operating since 2007. Our aim is to start a conversation about social issues that touch all of us, this way drawing attention to personal responsibility: what we, as individuals can do to improve the situation.
Heather Frasch + Parallax »Atmospheric Ghosts Lights II«
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Zacarias Maia »my homage to the new complexity«
»Two directions«
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Sophie Watzlawick + Marcello S. Busato »Où ces limites qui nous guettent, se mettent à vaciller«
Labor Sonor – the series for experimental music, film and performance – presents Heather Frasch with the Norwegian trio Parallax – Sophie Watzlawick’s new 16mm film with live music by Marcello Busato – and the Basel percussionist and performer Zacarias Maia.
Labor Sonor – the series for experimental music, film and performance – presents the spectrum of current experimental forms beyond genre-specific definability – from real-time music to electronics, performance, audiovisual formats, conceptual music, new composed music and experimental pop.
»Trauma Kink« is a show about how early and adult traumas define our perception of intimacy and pleasure. The show opens the conversation about trauma in a natural way, through the stories of five artists who open up to the public in a performative approach that combines confessional elements with fiction and the hedonistic imaginary.
A show about trauma and hedonism, beyond dictionary definitions, but above all about the healing power of vulnerability.
Giuvlipen, Romania’s first Roma feminist theater company, creates bold, experimental and a highly performative art since 2014. Founded by Mihaela Dragan and Zita Moldovan, we spotlight silenced Roma voices through performative stories, seeking partners to amplify our impact. Giuvlipen offers groundbreaking Roma feminist theater that challenges social norms and amplifies marginalized voices through innovative, performative storytelling.
