Berlin based artists Nadin Reschke and Claire Waffel will present a site-specific performance which will combine video projection, textile installation and text.

Their work deals with transformations in their city generated by economic developments- circumstances which are similar to those of New York. Their textiles will create a layered screen, which unfolds as the text is performed. Piece by piece, a visual narrative describes generic observations of the city, moving increasingly towards a personal perspective. Rather than look at this as a general process, occurring in all major capitals, the artists will reflect on their own roles within these dynamics. What are individual responsibilities regarding these transformations and changes? Where is one able to break through these dynamics?

Part of this project will also look at the question of where resistance becomes visible in the public sphere; gestures of resistance formed on a small scale, such as alterations in public space to serve personal needs. Where do these small gestures connect with larger movements? How can they affect the everyday lives of people? Writer Mika Hannula proposes that ‘for it to be meaningful, a small gesture cannot happen in a vacuum, outside of anything and everything. It happens; it becomes something that is always an integral, important part of a particular context.’ The performance piece ‘’Resistance points to …“ finds its completion only through engagement with its specific surroundings: for two weeks the artists will work on this piece using Open Source as a studio space, inviting guests to collaborate on the process, collecting (hi)stories and sewing the different layers together.

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courtesy of the artists