Aesthetics of Color - ein Kammerspiel

Description

by Toks Körner in German with English subtitles – Please note that strobe lights will be used during the performances! Samo is a visual artist. He has skillfully managed to let his works speak for themselves. As a person, he has not yet appeared in public. But his works are celebrated. And suddenly the pressure rises, journalists and art dealers sense a story and move closer. Showing his face would be a sensation; a juicy story, a price increase - so the calculation goes. But Samo hesitates. Because the price he would have to pay could be high, existentially high. A race for self-determination and interpretative authority begins, a forced performance for the right to one's own image. Aesthetics of Color - ein Kammerspiel shows an artist and his strategy for surviving in a white market. Black visual artists have sales; they seem to be part of the global art circulations from biennials and fairs. A new hype in the whitened art world! But what do they produce? What spaces do the free arts offer? Who can assert themselves in them? And what is the price one has to pay when exposing oneself to the free art market in the White Cube? For his drama Aesthetics of Color - ein Kammerspiel, Toks Körner was inspired by protagonists of the Berlin art scene, with numerous interviews forming the starting point. It is a reflection on the mechanisms of the cosmopolitan scene, where autonomy, creativity, and freedom are central values. It is a sharp analysis of the projections placed on works and artists in the name of art criticism. It is a contemporary, self-determined representation of a Black artist in the medium of theater. The often solitary struggle for recognition, dignity, and livelihood receives a space, a theatrical form, a public here with the production Aesthetics of Color - ein Kammerspiel. The actor and screenwriter Toks Körner wrote his first theater text in 2017: Walking Large. The production of the same name (directed by Atif Mohammed Nor Hussein) at Ballhaus Naunynstraße was nominated for the Monica-Bleibtreu-Preis and invited to the Private Theater Days 2018. Aesthetics of Color is his second written drama and his debut as a director. Photo: Zé de Paiva

Highlights

• Performance by Toks Körner
• In German with English subtitles
• Strobe lights will be used during the show

General Information

Aesthetics of Color - ein Kammerspiel is a thought-provoking drama exploring the challenges faced by black visual artists in the contemporary art market. Set in Berlin, the performance delves into themes of autonomy and the pressures of public exposure, inspired by interviews with local art scene figures.

Location

Naunynstraße 27, 10997 Berlin Kreuzberg, Germany

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