Bag-poetic meanderings

For the original German version of this text please visit pokusberlin.com   “What kills your creativity?” – “Making a piece.”   Let’s start with a story: Lisa’s first encounter with

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Rethinking time and shared spaces through performative practices

For the original German version of this text please visit pokusberlin.com A Shareholder is a person1 who holds a share of a corporation and thus has a say in its

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Uncanny Valley:  Rationalizing the Author’s Appearance

The play ends, but the performer who earlier introduced himself as the writer Thomas Melle just keeps sitting in his armchair, one leg casually rolled over. Under halting applause, two

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Desert Storm: “Plateau Effect”, Staatsballett Berlin

At the beginning, the cloth looks like a gigantic monochrome surface. It replaces the curtain that usually divides stage and auditorium. Dancers come up and form a row with their

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Mothers as Monuments: ESZTER SALAMON, MONUMENT 0.7 M/OTHERS

Two bodies move slowly and devoutly, moving towards and away from each other. Every movement is fluid. The moments of monumentality, when the breath almost falters and the tension is

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