#ResidencyInsights

#ResidencyInsights

›Nanga Kapda‹ (The Naked Cloth) is a research-based performance that focuses on the question of choice and freedom associated with weaving practices and women’s bodies. As a retake on feminist history of »performance as resistance«, ›Nanga Kapda‹ examines the link between movement and the material presence of textiles and their long history of production in India, a work principally done by caste-oppressed women.

#ResidencyInsights Juli Grönefeld, Marei Dierßen, Simon Vorgrimmler und Marlene Helling

Das interdisziplinäre Team, bestehend aus Soundartist Juli Grönefeld, der bildenden Künstlerin Marei Dierßen, dem Videokünstler Simon Vorgrimmler und der Performerin Marlene Helling, beschäftigte sich im Rahmen ihrer PACT Residenz mit dem Thema Tiefseebergbau. Außerdem kollaborierte die Lichtdesignerin Desirée García López an einigen Tagen mit dem Team. 

#ResidencyInsights Nancy Awori

»During the residency program I got an opportunity to work on a short production, which I call ›Shades of Resilience‹. Introducing Fahe Kerubo, a remarkable black queer woman living in Kenya, this episode delves into her personal life, exploring her relationships, struggles with mental health, and the supportive networks she has built. Fahe's journey is a testament to resilience, showcasing her role as a trailblazer who inspires future generations.«

#ResidencyInsights Salamata Kobre

Die Residenz bei PACT war für Salamata Kobre und ihre Compagnie die letzte Etappe in der Entwicklung des Stücks ›Mangeuses d'âmes‹, das direkt im Anschluss im Juni 2024 seine Premiere am Théâtre Paris-Villette feierte.

Throwback ›Memories & Resistance‹

Current and former residents at PACT provided insights into artistic working processes. With Idylla Silmarovi, Edgar Kanakykõ Xakriabá, iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo, Roman Jungblut and Qusay Awad.

#ResidencyInsights bacilli

»bacilli (Shotaro Yoshino, Yoshitaka Nanjo & James Jack; based in the archipelago of Japan) listen closely to the energy of microorganisms inside the soil in Zollverein—what do these bacteria inside of land say to us? In this residency we layered geological research on coal memories, oral histories with residents in Ruhr on what gives them energy today and connecting power circuits with imaginative thinking.«

#ResidencyInsights Kukily Colectivo

»Our residency at PACT was an exciting and intense period of work on our new project XTRÆNCESTRAL, set to premiere at the Lagos Biennial in February 2024. It was also a time to come together and work on our body-based performance practice, after several years of long-distance artistic processes.«

Retrospektive: Residency Café Plants & Memories

Changing memories of weather phenomena or plants as sources of food and reservoirs of knowledge: the open Residency Café ›Plants & Memories‹ offered insights into the work of resident artists Razcel Jan Salvarita and aniara rodado.

#ResidencyInsights Márcio Kerber Canabarro

»When I grasp an environment is acknowledging me, I feel a strong sense of continuation, (and extension) of belonging. It might be a mutual process, where my focus gets curious to notice where I am, the place, the situation, the density of a particular room, the feelings that rise and the sensations that leave...«

#ResidencyInsights Sahar Damoni

Sahar Damoni’s new work is a multi-disciplinary solo performance installation which continues her research around reproductive and sexual freedom, bodily autonomy, and the impact of abortion for Arab women. The work will combine movement, photography and video projection and textiles that serve as a visual art element.

#ResidencyInsights Emmanuel Ndefo

»Adamma- ›The Passage‹ is a solo performance based on the 'Adamma' maiden spirit ritual, touching on forms of transgression and of shape shifting through embodiment and African ancestral spirituality. In this work, I will explore Igbo maiden spirit rituals of crossdressing, transsexualism and transvestism as subversive places, where the notion of subjectivity is challenged, where gender norms are questioned, and where identity is always perceived as capable of construction, invention and change.«