Ania Nowak: To the Aching Parts! (Manifesto)

To the Aching Parts! (Manifesto) is a public speech which dissects the language used by and against queer communities today. 

Devoid of grammar, the text is subjected to the order and pleasure of rhythm. Commissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer in the frame of “Manifestos for Queer Futures”, the performance relies on historic references to militancy by minorities to address the dangers of normativity and the need for embodied intersectionality when forming queer alliances today. 

By taking liberty to play around with the language of resentment and trauma as well as empathy and healing, it proposes to destabilise identities, practices and well known acronyms like LGB or FtM for the sake of a queer future we have yet to envisage.

Ania Nowak is a Polish artist working and living in Berlin. On the same day, she performs another performance Deep Inside at Kiasma Theatre at 18.00. Both performances are part of Tom of Finland & Dreamy exhibition programme. 

Kiasma, 2nd floor Balcony

28.4.2023

16.00-16.30

Admission fee 20/12€

Performed in English