Nov 8. Weld Company + Tova Gerge & Britta Kiessling: Passivity Rules/Memories of Being Hanged
Tova Gerge and Britta Kiessling have been invited by Weld Company for one week collaborative work. Tova and Britta bring their project Passivity Rules/Memories of Being Hanged. Before the showing Weld has release for the fourth edition of ”No Talking, No Props”.
Passivity Rules are systems where passivity facilitates something, opens up something. It is also an interjection, a way to put passivity first: Passivity rules!
Memories of Being Hanged stands for experiences of losing control over one’s passivity, being close to dying or disappearing, concretely or metaphorically.
Passivity Rules/Memories of Being Hanged is about what is going on in a body that seems to sink, let go, lose its grip – or that actually does.
This project is a new project: a bunch of practices and attempts fresh out from the darkness of things that don’t exist yet. We invite you to look, think and talk with us about it.
November 8 at 7pm
Weld, Norrtullsgatan 7
Book: book.weld.se
Project: Tova Gerge & Britta Kiessling
With: Caroline Byström, Majula Drammeh (guest), Josefine Larson, Robert Malmborg, Rannhvi Mebius Jormin (intern), Per Sacklén, Kajsa Sandström and Max Wallmeier
Light: Ronald Salas
Photo: Ekaterina Lukoshkova
Tova Gerge
is a writer, performer and project manager active primarily in the fields of literature, theatre and dance. Her artistic interests often concern questions of power, body politics and subversive intimacy, with modes of working influenced by activist culture, contemporary dance and game design. Last year, she published a renowned novel, Pojken (Albert Bonniers förlag). She also initiated the cooperation with Britta Kiessling, leading up to the premiere of their last common production Someone You Trust.
Britta Kiessling
is a dancer, performer and performance maker working with text and art exhibitions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in aesthetics and philosophy, and studies creative writing at Biskops Arnö. She has an interest in the interplay between the structures of gaze and power when it comes to the body, intimacy, sexuality and not least the possibility for love. Her latest work was Someone You Trust together with Tova Gerge. She has also participated in the european ropebondage scene as a performer.