Performance
Psychology Of Space_ space, body and sound
The Art of Play: concrete ballet_
The Art of Play: concrete ballet_ explores the relationship between body, sound and the magic of collective space. The piece was developed as a live public viewing performance in association with the European Football Championship Berlin 2024. Its focus was on the elegance of play as well as alternative and sustainable forms of sharing art in public spaces. The project aimed to re-envision historical places with new imagery and to create new collective experiences in public spaces. 1600 spectators were part of free the open air audiovisual experience, the performance could be seen on LED screens in the Fanzone area from the Brandenburg Gate to the Siegessäule.
Contemporary dance, live video and sound performance created a field of tension between stillness and movement and brought intimacy to a collective aesthetic experience. The piece made subcultural dance traditions visible and brought them back to the street, the dancers interweaved physical theater, bruk up ballet, hip hop, krumping traditions and ballroom latin in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Digitally modified audio files and synthesizer sounds created both lush and intimate soundscapes. The performance merged effortlessly into an hour-long DJ set creating a space of community.
Curator/ creative Director: Milena A. Kraft, Dance/ Performance: Gary Clarke, Vasiliki Papapostolou, Jamal Sterrett, Sound Performance/ Music: Art Donor, Xarli, Grafik/ Visuals: VOJID, Production Live Screening Sebastian Brunnlechner, Camera: Luna Zscharnt, Sanipt Palakkal, Support Camera: Zair Stolik, Solene Vangout, Project Assistance: Eva Hüster, DJ Set: Inken, Video Documentation: Edlin Jap, Photography: Alexander Rentsch, Copyright Kulturprojekte Berlin
Alchemy Part I And II
ALCHEMY PART I And II _ subversive tenderness is an interdisciplinary performance and a dialogue between art forms: what if the stage is an altar and the performance an offering?
ALCHEMY PART I AND II was made by a collective of artists creating an ethereal audio-visual sound experience as part of the Kultursommerfestival Berlin 2023. At the heart of the performance is the conversation between the spoken word, the movements of the body, the dialogue between poetry and sound; The piece unfolds from the intersection of dance, theater, music, spoken word and performance art, bringing visibility to marginalized perspectives and exploring intersectionality, identity, queerness and belonging through words and movement.
Curator/ creative Director: Milena A. Kraft, dance/ performance: Jamal Sterrett, Christina Negucioiu, spoken word/ poetry: Awa Faridah Ndiaye, sound performance: CHAT1, music performance/ violine: Eli Wenentxu, grafik/ visuals: VOJID, Costume: Sojin Park, Milena A. Kraft, camera: Sebastian Brunnlechner, photography: Reza Khodaveisi, Project assistance: Eva Hüster, event management assistance: Joey Steffens, Music: Azadeh Zandieh, stage support: Fiona Con, Elisabeth Gregor