Narratives Embodied

The performance evening examines the inscription of narratives in bodies. In a re-appropriation, stories of Western dominant culture are overwritten. Whether through music as a representation of Brazilian pop culture or through the canon of European myths - the female body propagates new perspectives.

Putaria - The Body as Catharsis
A project by Hanna Araujo Ulmer
"Putaria - The Body as Catharsis" takes its starting point in Brazilian funk to reinterpret Brazil's colonial history and its aftermath. The work addresses the mentality of the "savages" - a widespread fantasy that has its roots in the first expeditions to the "New World". With its political dimension, this style of music creates a direct link to the body. Dance as an act of resignation. After imparting knowledge, the performance achieves its completeness by dancing together - with haunted funk by DJ Theory.

Modes of Truth
A project by Jasmin Schädler
The truth and nothing but the truth is the long-established foundation of Western culture. It has slowly evolved into an objective fact, although originally a form of verbal contract. Truth is a technology that has been perpetuating itself ever since, inscribing itself further and overwriting others. The performance "Modes of Truth" unravels a narrative of truth along attributions and absurdities and spins them anew. A body and a lie detector become the medium of the polyphonic truth that speaks and sounds through them.

With the kind support of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.