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Following the huge success and consistently sold-out performances in January, Andrea Saemann returns to the Kaserne Basel. In her solo work—a lecture-performance—she explores her own archive. There, memories, past performances, and a desire for both restraint and excess lie in wait, as she uses the tools of art to confront world events.
The focus is on encounters of the most diverse kinds: with Terminator 1+2, the performance artists Carolee Schneemann and Joan Jonas, with Otari, who fled Abkhazia and lived in Tskaltubo, or with Clara von Bodman, who took matters into her own hands to secure her husband a place in the literary canon.
Once again, you in the audience are invited to let your attention sink into the various layers of this interplay between pre-produced videos and simultaneous stage action. It is performance time. Breath by breath.
Dauer: ca. 80 Minuten
Sprache: Schweizerdeutsch
Publikumsgespräch im Anschluss an beide Performances
Biografie
Andrea Saemann is a performance artist, networker, and curator. After studying at the HfbK Hamburg from 1989 to 1994, she organized and curated various festivals, such as the Performance Saga Festivals and Translocal Performance Art Giswil. From 2011 to 2017, she coordinated the Swiss Performance Prize. She is co-founder of the Performance Art Network Switzerland (PANCH), collects texts on performance art on ApresPerf.ch, and has been part of the Revolving Histories team since 2021, creating access to translocal performance art in Switzerland through research, exhibitions, and publications.
Credits
Konzept, Performance: Andrea Saemann
Begleitung: Barbara Ellenberger
Performance für die Kamera: Christoph Oertli, Andrea Saemann
Video & Editing: Muda Mathis, Christoph Oertli, Andrea Saemann, Sus Zwick
Technik: Pina Schläpfer
Dokumentation: Frank Ellenberger, Christoph Oertli, Karin Salathé
In Koproduktion mit der Kaserne Basel und unterstützt von: Fachausschuss Darstellende Künste BS/BL, Ernst Göhner Stiftung
Content Notes
Currently, there are no specific notes on content that we or the artists would like to share with the audience. If you have any specific questions about content notes, the venue representative will be available on the evening of the performance.