Fatima Çalışkan
»Can I choose to be superficial and unapproachable?« In her monologue, Fatima Çalışkan is fascinated by the boredom and superficiality of pop-cultural men’s literature from the nineties and finds her feminist answer by babbling.
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Inspired by Christian Kracht’s novel »Faserland« and babbling podcasts with a male double cast, she explores the cliché of the young, West German academic who goes through life as a checker surrounded by status symbols and successes over a glass of champagne.
In »Faserlandboys und Ich«, she scrutinises the pop-cultural zeitgeist of the turn of the millennium from a female, post-migrant perspective. Between bookshelves and piles of books, Fatima Çalışkan rambles back uninhibitedly, interweaves pop-cultural references and overwrites Kracht’s bestsellers with her voice and simply reviews her work herself in a literary quartet for the stage.
In her transdisciplinary work, Fatima Çalışkan develops political positions on biography and zeitgeist with a humorous and satirical approach. For the monologue »Faserland-Boys and I«, she draws on her own experiences of being pigeonholed by people into inappropriate orientalised categories and now turns the tables with relish.
Additional information
Artistic direction, performance, text Fatima Çalışkan
Dramaturgy and co-conception Felizitas Stilleke
Scenic realisation and co-direction Aurora Kellermann
Scenography and light design Raquel Rosildete
Costumes Andreína Vieira dos Santos
Public relations Nora Gores
Graphic Ana Maria Sales Prado
Photography Marcus Glahn
Audio Description Felix Koch und Johanna Krins
Production management Chris Wohlrab
Directing- and dramaturgy assistence Alena Kolbach
Stage assistence Marlena Wengler
A production by Fatima Çalışkan in co-production with TATWERK | Performative Research, in co-operation with Ballhaus Ost.
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Media partner is taz. die tageszeitung.
Accessibility
- With audio-descriptive introduction also without audio description
- accessible for blind/visually impaired audiences
Dates
October 2024
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