Ania Nowak: INFLAMMATIONS (PANDEMIC EDITION) – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Ania Nowak:
INFLAMMATIONS (PANDEMIC EDITION)
INFLAMMATIONS (PANDEMIC EDITION)
The film will be streamed on the external platform dringeblieben.de. There you also purchase your ticket. After the purchase you will receive a code via e-mail which is valid on two devices for the whole time the stream is online. Please note that you can buy your ticket in the presale, but the video will be only online and streamable from the July 29th, 10 AM. The ticketshop will be open all the time until August 01. If you have problems with the procedure please contact chittka@sophiensaele.com or 030/27890045.
Inflammations (Pandemic Edition) is a video work based on the performance Inflammations, which premiered at Sophiensæle in September 2019. With the support of NPN Stepping Out, a new video work with the added development of an artistically integrated sign language performance by the performer Athina Lange could be realized.
Inflammations deals with chronic pain and fatigue, as well as, the relief and sensuality that come with easing the symptoms. Starting from the question of what expectations we have of hyperfunctional bodies on stage and in everyday life, the performers demand a place for unstable bodies - with all their risks and potentials, in the artistic field as well as in society. Vulnerability becomes a catalyst for a new body, language and care economy.
IDEA, CHOREOGRAPHY Ania Nowak PERFORMANCE Angela Alves, Athina Lange, Laura Lulika, Ania Nowak TEXT Angela Alves, Laura Lulika, Ania Nowak CAMERA Anu Czerwiński, Miłosz Więckowski EDITING Anu Czerwiński TRANSLATION Ben Mohai GSL-TRANSLATION Ulli Steinseifer OUSIDE EYE Julia Plawgo STAGE DESIGN Christopher Füllemann LIGHT DESIGN Aleksandr Prowaliński, Cathy Walsh SOUND Justyna Stasiowska COSTUMES Grzegorz Matląg/Wsiura PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Ben Mohai THANKS TO Mateusz Szymanówka
Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR. Inflammations is part of the thematic focus Cripping the Pain, which takes place in the framework of the project The Future is Accessible, funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe - Spartenoffene Förderung.
Ania Nowak approaches vulnerability and desire as ways towards reimagining what bodies and language can and cannot do. Nowak develops formats such as live and video performance, installation and text. In her practice Nowak engages with bodies in their nonlinear feeling and thinking capacity to tackle the intricacies of companionship and care in times of perpetual crisis.
Her work attempts to reimagine the notions of disorder, pleasure, disease, intimacy, pain, sexuality, class and accessibility as sites of binary free living. Nowak’s works have been presented at Sophiensæle, Berlinische Galerie, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Akademie der Künste, KW Pogo Bar, Berlin; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Salzburger Kunstverein; 14th Baltic Triennial at CAC Vilnius and 12th Gothenburg Biennial for Contemporary Art, amongst others. Nowak recently held solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw an Galerie Wedding – Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin.