Frances Breden & RA Walden
PRESENTS:2023
With Saioa Alvarez Ruiz & Katrin Bittl, Khairani Barokka, Zinzi Buchanan, Brothers Sick, Chloe Pascal Crawford, Venesse Guy, April Lin 林森, Seo Hye Lee, Laura Lulika & Hang Linton, RA Walden, Misra Walker
Performance does not require a non-disabled or physically present body. This is demonstrated by the thirteen video works of sick, disabled, d/Deaf, and care-giving artists presented on a big screen at HAU2. Already very successfully presented as part of the Berlin Art Week at HAU4, the videos can now be experienced in community. Curators Frances Breden and RA Walden bring together works that are embodied, immediate, and present without forcing bodies to conform to ableist norms of art-making. In addition to the video works, each artist has developed tasks with performative scores that have the audience breathing or singing together. Afterwards there will be the opportunity to spend time together at CAN.
At HAU4, RA Walden showed the video work “Science Fiction Is Not Pretend” in 2022, for which an accompanying interactive website was developed, commissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Date
- Wed 13.9.2023, 17:00HAU4
- Fri 20.10.2023, 19:00HAU2 (to production)
Credits
Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts. Supported by: videoclub (UK), VIVO (Kanada).
Visitor note
General information on accessibility of HAU can be found here.
The audience area is partially seated. In addition to wheelchair spaces, a variety of alternative options for sitting or laying down (beanbags or mattresses) are available in limited capacity for all visitors who need more freedom of movement and comfort to be able to follow the screening in a relaxed manner.
Early boarding starts at 18:45. Meeting point is in the Foyer of HAU2.
Relaxed Performances are aimed at all those who feel more comfortable in a relaxed atmosphere. Noise and movement are explicitly allowed in the audience. Visitors who need a break can leave the room and come back at any time. After about an hour, there will be a regular 15-minute break.
The team of “Presents:2023“ kindly asks you to wear an FFP2 mask during the screening. Exceptions are visitors who cannot wear FFP2 or medical masks due to health and physical reasons, and visitors who communicate in sign language.
The screening will be accompanied by a translation into German sign language (DGS).The video with the DGS-translation will be projected on the right side of the stage. The best view is therefore provided from a marked area on the right-hand side of the audience area.
For blind people and people with low vision, audio description is provided in German and English, which provides access to the visual elements of the videos. Headphones will be available at the foyer.