As part of Gallery Weekend 2025
In Voices & Witches, artist, choreographer and performer Eszter Salamon explores her connection with history, directly engaging with the work and life of the avant-garde artist Valeska Gert. Gert’s work fearlessly defied the dominant aesthetic and ideological norms of the 1920s and 1930s, strongly influenced by German romanticism and nationalism – including its standards for female beauty.
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In this lecture performance, Salamon boldly challenges the boundaries of canonical art history, giving voice to a feminist genealogy.
Additional information
Concept, performance: Eszter Salamon Outside eye: Arantxa Martinez Production, organization: Botschaft GbR / Alexandra Wellensiek, Studio ES / Elodie Perrin, Institute of Speculative Narration and Embodiment (Berlin)Thanks to: Grazyna Kulczyk, Boglàrka Börcsök
A production by Eszter Salamon. Supported by DIEHL+RITTER/ TANZPAKT RECONNECT, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin, DRAC Ile de France – the Regional Directory of Cultural Affairs of Paris – Ministry of Culture and Communication. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.Voices & Witches is inspired by Valeska Gert’s works such as Humoreske (1916), Modedame (1917), Kupplerin (1920), Pause (1920), Das Baby (1920s), Salome (1921), Orgasmus (1922), Clown (1922), Zärtlicher Walzer (1924), Grüsse aus dem Mumienkeller (1926), Komödie (1927), Koloratursängerin (1928), Tragödie (1929), Schlafwandlerin (1930), Zauberer (1931), Versammlung (1931), Autohypnosis, KZ-Kommandeuse Ilse Koch (1951), Jubile (1951), as well as by Gert’s autobiographical book Ich bin eine Hexe. Kaleidoskop meines Lebens (1968).
A production by Eszter Salamon. Supported by DIEHL+RITTER/ TANZPAKT RECONNECT, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin, DRAC Ile de France – the Regional Directory of Cultural Affairs of Paris – Ministry of Culture and Communication. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.Voices & Witches is inspired by Valeska Gert’s works such as Humoreske (1916), Modedame (1917), Kupplerin (1920), Pause (1920), Das Baby (1920s), Salome (1921), Orgasmus (1922), Clown (1922), Zärtlicher Walzer (1924), Grüsse aus dem Mumienkeller (1926), Komödie (1927), Koloratursängerin (1928), Tragödie (1929), Schlafwandlerin (1930), Zauberer (1931), Versammlung (1931), Autohypnosis, KZ-Kommandeuse Ilse Koch (1951), Jubile (1951), as well as by Gert’s autobiographical book Ich bin eine Hexe. Kaleidoskop meines Lebens (1968).
Dates
May 2025
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