The corona pandemic has greatly changed our interactions with other people. We avoid each other and refrain from forms of expression that usually require coming together. With Tender Absence, we have created a space for artistic experiments that test forms of intimacy in the digital realm.
Tender Absence is a platform for the performing arts in digital spaces. During the "second wave" of the Corona pandemic and the limited possibilities to make performing arts visible, we have been concerned with how we can enable artistic and social experiences despite physical distance. For this purpose, we have launched and curated the platform to draw attention to the social potential of cultural events on the internet.
Tender Absence brings together artists from all over the world to create intimate encounters online. Starting at the end of November 2020 with "lone|some", a format for short performative and social experiments for a small audience, we have invited people on a journey to discover the unknown of digital intimacy through performing arts.
Performances of the first edition lone|some 2020:
"Behind your Eyeballs" by Salma Said and Miriam Coretta Schulte
"Kathe" by Vishal Kumaraswamy
"Time-travel into the time of slowness" by Catalina Insignares and Carolina Mendonça
"Institute for Mediated Intimacy" by Lena Chen and Michael Charles Neumann
On August 26, 1984, seven people lost their lives in a racist arson attack in Duisburg-Wanheimerort: Ferdane Satır, Zeliha Turhan, Rasim Turhan, Tarık Turhan, Çiğdem Satır, Ümit Satır, and Songül Satır. The survivors and relatives were left alone for decades—politicians, authorities, and the public did not talk about racism.
It was not until 2018 that they founded the Duisburg 1984 initiative, which has since combined education, remembrance work, and solidarity struggles with other victims of right-wing, racist, and anti-Semitic violence.
For more information and current insights, visit:
Instagram: @initiative_duisburg1984
Web documentary: Ein anderes Duisburg (A Different Duisburg)
Do you have an idea for an art education project and would like to learn how to develop a concept and apply for funding? We offer a two-day training course at the Brücke-Museum on how to apply for funding, financial planning and legal forms. Participants have time to develop an educational concept. A selected concept will later be realized in the Brücke-Museum.
The workshop is primarily aimed at artists or artists with a history of migration. If there is still capacity, freelancers without a history of migration can also take part.
Date: September 15 and 29, 12am–5pm (two-day training course)
More information on the Brücke-Museum website.
Who's up for some rap? Haszcara, Alice Dee, and Faseeha show you how it's done as part of the “sister*hood” project. The rap workshop is aimed at girls* and young women* at Mehringplatz.
September 2–9
Tuesday–Friday: 2:00–6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
HAU3 at Theater Hebbel am Ufer, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin
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