Flinn Works: Shilpa – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Flinn Works:
Shilpa
Shilpa
Together with the Indian singer-actress MD Pallavi, Flinn Works examine the schizophrenic situation of urban artists in the globalized Indian entertainment industry - meet Shilpa the Singer App, interactive and live! Now adjust the pitch level and sexiness. Follow the characters through malfunctions, system crashes and replays. Get a glimpse into the lives of the women Shilpa embodies.
TEXT and idea Sophia Stepf + MD Pallavi Performance MD Pallavi direction Sophia Stepf Text Inputs Swar Thounaojam, Irawati Karnik Live Sound Nikhil Nagaraj SOUND COACH Andi Otto LICHT DESIGN Muhommad Mustafa A LICHT Niranjan Gokhale (IN), Susana Alonso (DE) Produktion Anna Wille, Veena Appiah
Funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Kassel, Hessisches Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Gerhard-Fieseler-Stiftung, Fonds Darstellende Künste, WELL Being Stiftung, Sparda Bank Hessen, Goethe-Institut "Max Mueller Bhavan" Bangalore and others. The revival is funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung
Phtos © Amit Bansal
FLINN WORKS produces performances on current issues of the globalised world with feminist and post-colonial perspectives. At SOPHIENSÆLE they recently presented Learning Feminism from Rwanda (2020), with Asedeva Fear + Fever (2019) and Kosa la Vita - Kriegsverbrechen (2018). Flinn Works received the 2021 Tabori Award from the Fonds Darstellende Künste.
