Leyla Yenirce – Sophiensæle | Freies Theater in Berlin

Leyla Yenirce is a multi-disciplinary artist who explores forms of resistance, sonic and visual aspects of military and media structures of dominance. Her first solo exhibition SO MUCH ENERGY took place at the Kunsthaus Hamburg in 2022. In addition to numerous scholarships and prizes, including the Federal Prize for Art Students, Bonn (2021), the Playground Art Prize, Nuremberg (2021) and the Hamburg Music Prize (2019), Yenirce has been part of various group exhibitions, including Kein Schlussstrich Festival, Kampnagel, Hamburg (2021), Paradise, Kurdish Film Festival, Berlin (2020) and Hi Ventilation, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg (2019). In 2022 Yenirce was awarded the ars viva Prize. Active as a composer and sound artist under the name Rosaceae, she works with elements of noise and ambient music; drawing on voice samples and self-penned texts. In 2020 and 2021 the two albums Efia and DNA were released on the label of the Hamburg music club Gold Pudel. This was followed by performances at the Berliner Festspiele, the Münchner Kammerspiele and a planned appearance at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, among others.