- Performance Art
The Architecture of Needing
Araceli Velasco, Getsay, Giulio Secondo, Jess Schulz, Katie Kearns, Lena Baranova, Maria Ferrer, Michael Groẞstück, Shriraj Sagara
4 July 2026 14:00–18:00
The performers will begin as separate individuals in the space, each trying to remain physically independent. Over time, this independence will become harder to maintain. One person may begin to lean into another. Someone else may brace a shoulder, hold a back, support a falling body, or lower themselves toward the ground. Small gestures of assistance will gradually become larger systems of support. Bodies will form temporary structures: one person holding another upright, two people carrying the weight of a third, a small group forming a wall, a platform, a shelter, or a fragile shared body.
The movement will not be choreographed in a traditional sense. Instead, it will unfold through simple rules and physical response. Performers will lean, hold, brace, carry, resist, lower, refuse, recover, and redistribute weight over time. Sometimes support will arrive too late. Sometimes someone will give too much. Sometimes a person will refuse help, or be unable to offer it. Sometimes the structure will almost collapse and have to reorganize itself. These moments of instability are central to the work.
The central rule of the performance is:
No one can fully support themselves forever.
The central question of the work is:
Who holds the person who is holding everyone else?
The movement will not be choreographed in a traditional sense. Instead, it will unfold through simple rules and physical response. Performers will lean, hold, brace, carry, resist, lower, refuse, recover, and redistribute weight over time. Sometimes support will arrive too late. Sometimes someone will give too much. Sometimes a person will refuse help, or be unable to offer it. Sometimes the structure will almost collapse and have to reorganize itself. These moments of instability are central to the work.
The central rule of the performance is:
No one can fully support themselves forever.
The central question of the work is:
Who holds the person who is holding everyone else?
Biography
Araceli Velasco, Getsay, Giulio Secondo, Jess Schulz, Katie Kearns, Lena Baranova, Maria Ferrer, Michael Groẞstück, Shriraj Sagara
Soft Power Studios ist ein künstler*innengeführtes Atelier und gemeinschaftlicher Arbeitsraum in Berlin, das auf der Überzeugung basiert, dass Sanftheit nicht das Gegenteil von Macht ist, sondern eine andere Art, sie zu tragen. Der Raum ist queer- und FLINTA-zentriert und stellt Fürsorge, Sicherheit und kreative Selbstbestimmung in den Mittelpunkt.
Die Künstlerinnen dieser Performance sind Teil der Soft Power Studios Gemeinschaft und arbeiten innerhalb des Studios miteinander. Als physischer Raum und kollektive Praxis bringt Soft Power Studios Künstlerinnen, Performerinnen und Denkerinnen zusammen und unterstützt Zusammenarbeit über Disziplinen hinweg – darunter Performance, Installation, Klang, Bewegung und Skulptur.
Die Künstlerinnen dieser Performance sind Teil der Soft Power Studios Gemeinschaft und arbeiten innerhalb des Studios miteinander. Als physischer Raum und kollektive Praxis bringt Soft Power Studios Künstlerinnen, Performerinnen und Denkerinnen zusammen und unterstützt Zusammenarbeit über Disziplinen hinweg – darunter Performance, Installation, Klang, Bewegung und Skulptur.
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