The performance addresses illness, (chronic) pain, the destruction of healthcare infrastructure, lack of healthcare, suicide, euthanasia and death.

The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).

Duration

• 35 minutes without break

Language

• English spoken language

Light

• The lighting mood is bright
• There are no sudden light changes

Sound

• bass and drums sounds and guitar music. The sounds are not loud.
• There is a sudden scream and a sudden sound of an ambulance siren.
• The performer sings at one point.

Interaction

• The performer asks questions to some people in the audience.
• The performer asks some people in the audience to interact with physical touch.
• All interactions are voluntary.

Audience

• Seated grandstand
• 2 beanbag seats bookable subject to availability
• 2 wheelchair spaces bookable subject to availability

Early boarding

• There will be a long admission. The doors open ten minutes before the show.

Tickets

• Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
• Via the online ticket shop
• At the box office

You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.

Concept, performance: Ania Nowak
Sound: Justyna Stasiowska
Costume: Maldoror
Outside Eye: Julia Plawgo 
Text: Ania Nowak with inserts from Anne Boyer, rupi kaur, Antigone Samellas

A production by Ania Nowak, commissioned and produced by Salzburger Kunstverein. Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Republic of Poland. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

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.

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