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After we dived into a part of the family history with Steven and his mother Virginia at the end of last year, where the focus was on Virginia's childhood in South Africa, we are looking forward to the second dinner/talk with the two of them. The menu includes both personal and political topics: the challenges of being a single mum in Switzerland, Steven's now deceased trans mum, and his coming out. A thought-provoking and exuberant evening about the courage to start life anew again and again - supported by singer Jasmin Albash, with whom songs were rehearsed especially for the occasion. For all those who missed it in December or are already eagerly awaiting the second part!
Biography
Virginia Schoch-Andrews grew up in St. Joseph's Home for Children in Johannesburg, South Africa, during apartheid and went to the same convent school run by English nuns. The school itself is located in Sophia Town, which is considered the cradle of the uprisings against apartheid. She then worked as a kindergarten teacher and took care of her parents, siblings and daughter. She came to Switzerland in 1984 and trained as a school child care worker at BKE. Most recently she worked for ARGE Integration Ostschweiz as a school house supervisor in Riethüsli St.Gallen. Today, after her retirement, Virginia is pursuing training in end-of-life care and caring for relatives. She sings passionately at funerals and is an actress in various theatre and film productions.
Steven Schoch (he,they) is a visual artist, actor, choreographer and dancer as well as a singer. Raised in St. Gallen, he currently lives and works in Basel. He studied Fine Arts in Basel and Expanded Theatre in Bern. His work usually moves between performance/theatre and installation and is characterised by its interdisciplinary approaches. His themes deal with our everyday existence, which is characterised by contradictions. Among other things, power structures, identity dispositives and transcendental knowledge are examined for their aesthetics with different means. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the jury for the Basel-Stadt Promotion Prize. In 2014, he received the work contribution of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The cantons of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden purchased works by him in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, he received the DanceWeb dance scholarship in Vienna. In 2019, he was nominated for the Performance Prize Switzerland. In 2021 he received the Förderpreis Basel-Stadt. Steven Schoch regularly has solo and group exhibitions as well as performances in Switzerland and abroad, for example in the exhibition New Swiss Performance Now in Kunsthalle Basel, at the Festival Les Urbaines in Lausanne, Staging Alterity in Shanghai and Aré Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Most recently, he premiered the production Moontalker at Kaserne Basel.
Jasmin Albash is a versatile artist who is on the road as a singer, producer and vocal and beatmaking coach. She plays and sings in various bands (Jasmin Albash - solo project, Kallemi & Sijada Sessions), teaches at her vocal school SING OUT LOUD! and works for Helvetiarockt. Albash has received extensive professional training in music, including at WIAM Winterthur and the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen. For her outstanding achievements and contribution to the music scene, Jasmin Albash received the Thurgau Cultural Promotion Award in 2021.
Credits
Production
WhatTheMatter (WTM)
Performance
Steven Schoch, Virginia Schoch-Andrews, Jasmin Albash
Music and vocal coaching
Jasmin Albash