A relaxed series of events on intense topics
The Mit Wirkung event series centres on solidarity in the fight against German racism, with a focus on anti-Muslim racism and anti-Semitism. With the unique performative research by artists Anna Lublina and Samuel Hatchwell [hoyah], the sixth and final event in Mit Wirkung is dedicated to the often missing, often erased aspects of Jewish identity, roots and shared histories that can be traced back to the Jewish-Muslim world.
Rhythm travels, Rhythm migrates, Rhythm adapts, Rhythm resists. Rhythm is a vibration that synchronizes your heartbeat to the heartbeat of another. In this performance, Rhythm is the character of Jewish diaspora, reaching back in time to shared Jewish-Muslim worlds: worlds that were not defined by borders, nationalisms, or divisions that emerged with the advent of colonialism. Artist Anna Lublina and musician hoyah work with tap dance, extended vocal techniques, and live mixing to ask what the political and cultural history of diasporic Jewish rhythm (and its embodiment) can teach us in a time marked by polarization and violence.
Anna Lublina and their team are all artists trying to flee the confines of nationalism in the spirit of Doykeit.
The performance will be followed by an audience talk.