interlaced
a durational performance fusing dance, installation and sound art
© photography Helga Kellerer
“I want to make things for the contemplative mind, for those moments when you sink back into yourself.” (Anni Albers)
interlaced is a durational performance that brings together dance, installation and sound art. Inspired by the Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers, who revolutionized textile art and continues to shape it until today, the choreographer Eva Baumann brings the seemingly female cultural history of weaving to the museum as a site-specific performance. In a poetic way, the solo celebrates the devotion to craftsmanship in the age of fast-paced life. On 600 m², the dancer's body becomes a living exhibit, objects and materials become performers. Weaving is a metaphor for continuous modulation in the space, which visitors can explore freely. They are invited to change their perspective again and again, because while some parts of the performance can only be experienced up close, others require a different distance.
Oskar Schlemmer's smug slogan "Where there is wool, there is also a woman weaving, even if it is only a pastime" makes clear how far the Bauhaus in 1919 was away from gender equality. Like many of her fellow students, Anni Albers was also forced into weaving, although she actually wanted to become a painter. Gradually, however, the woven thread sparked Annis' passion. With success: her works still inspire artists all over the world and her essays on design and weaving are still valid today: Anni Albers is also called the philosopher of the textile.
concept, choreography, dance / Eva Baumann
installation, objects / Anna Kubelík
sound art / Michael Tuttle
light design / Jürgen Kolb
collaboration and editorial program booklet / Eva-Maria Steinel
expert Bauhaus women/ Dr. Ulrike Müller
public relations work / Katja Seneadza
choreographic assistant / Bárbara Conde
photography, documentation / Helga Kellerer
graphic design / Melanie Werner
premiere
october 16th 2019
further performances
october 17th - 20th, 2019
Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart
resumption
may 9th 2021
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
press review
Stuttgarter Zeitung click here
guest book (in German) here
program booklet (in German) here
A production by Eva Baumann. Funded with support by the arts council of the city of Stuttgart and by the Gerda-Weiler-Stiftung e.V.. With kind support by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Bethany, USA, Western Regional Archives USA, State Archives of North Carolina USA, Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance Stuttgart and LIFT Stuttgart/Stuttgartnacht. In co-operation with Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene gUg Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg and Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Stuttgart.