Spirit Plastic

Description

In the summer of 1927, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven – dadaist poet, nude model, and proto-punk – writes a letter to patron Peggy Guggenheim. In prophetic euphoria and apocalyptic urgency, she advocates for her latest project: a studio for experimental modeling, which is meant to mark her artistic comeback and provide an escape from her existential misery. Peggy Guggenheim shows interest but does not pay. Shortly thereafter, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven takes her own life. Almost a century later, Spirit Plastic revisits this forgotten episode in the history of performance art and reimagines the Paris studio of the Baroness Elsa as a resonance space for contemporary dilemmas of artistic work. Based on autofictional texts from her late work, the piece develops choreographic worlds and explores models of art and life in the face of an economically, politically, and spiritually precarious present. 'Bruch' is a collaborative framework for artistic research and production between theater, dance, and visual arts.

Highlights

• Performance about the dadaist poet Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
• Reimagines her artistic comeback
• Collaborative framework between theater, dance, and visual arts

General Information

The event "Spirit Plastic" takes place at Ballhaus Ost in Berlin and addresses the forgotten episode of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. The piece combines autofictional texts with choreographic elements and reflects current challenges in the art world.

Location

Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin, Germany

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