Mending and Bending, To Rīga with Love
Performance. 2016
eight interstellar travellers /
follow us / back and through /
first day one, then day two /
stones of power / shrines of love /
step out of doubt / breathe in, breath out /
triturations & elixirs / ease, erase /
dine with us / leaving time and space /
maybe no, maybe so / cast a spell / come together /
we, the fabric / open a vortex /
we the waves, are transformed /
and maybe again / undo the knots /
relieve the tightness we discovered long ago /
thanks to the keen hospitality /
of the spirits of the space /
we’ll forgot our qualms / discover our grace /
here we are / smiling beside you
Artists' Bios:
Paul Philipp Heinze (1981) is a Berlin-based artist working across many disciplines including installation, sculpture, painting, performance, video, sound and software. His work explores topics such as “identity construction”, “post-humanism” and “cognitive capital”.
The artist duo J&K (Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard) have been working in collaboration since 1999 and are based in Berlin and Copenhagen. J&K are members of the feminist artist network ƒƒ.
Linards Kulless (1978) is a visual artist working in different media such as video, photo and installation. His art projects contain ethnographic influences, esoteric knowledge and a search for identity.
Christoph Mühlau is a Berlin-based artist working in music and performance art.
Melissa Steckbauer (1980) is an American artist based in Berlin. She is the founding director of the experimental project space The Wand in Berlin and a freelance writer. Accessing pathways of communication, intuition, and transformation are central to her work.
Magda Tothova (1979) is a visual artist based in Vienna and Berlin. Her work revolves around modern utopias, constructed norms, social models and their failures, how to address personal and social issues in the private and the political field.
Suse Wächter is a Berlin-based artist working in the Puppet Theatre and performing arts.