Archiv des (Über-)Lebens, Zweiter Teil: TransFORMANCE

In the organizer's words:

ARCHIVE OF (OVER)LIFE - a trilogy

Second part: TransFORMANCE

Premiere:

04.12.25 at 18:00 and 20:00

Further performances:

05.12.25 at 18:00 and 20:00

06.12.25 at 14:00 and 16:00

07.12.25 at 14:00 and 16:00

"TransFORMANCE"

We live in a time of crisis, upheaval and new possibilities. Old forms of protest often no longer seem to be enough and at the same time there is a growing need for other ways to connect with the world and with each other.

The perfomative video installation "TransFORMANCE" opens up a space in which activism is not only loud and confrontational, but healing, visualizing and transforming.

The immersive work combines documentary elements, performance art and symbolic rituals, developed and performed by FLINTA* people aged between 20 and 70 from Cologne.

"TransFORMANCE" understands activism as a creative rewriting of images, feelings and stories and invites the audience to reposition themselves and the world in the present.

By and with: Anastaciia Koptieva - Barbara Holly-Roll - Elena Mumza - Estho Pelzer - Eva-Maria Schiffels - Fatemeh Esmaeili Dorabati - Frida Lamperts - Hannah Drumm - Jara Höhler - Jule Rickert - Lisa Weiß - Lucélia da Silva Junker - Nelou Nadin Jankowski - Rajaa Daloul - Robin Möckel - Shaza Almehbani - Sibel Yildiz - Zahra Bakhshi

Concept and direction: Ana Valeria González - Production management: Anke Dieterle - Costumes: Anna Baydak - Graphics: Galina Kruzhilina

Sponsors: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees - City of Cologne

Cooperation partners: Comedia Theater - Damigra - Kulturkirche - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Chair of Aesthetic Education at the University of Cologne

Ana Valeria González, concept and direction
Ana Valeria González is a theater maker whose work is rooted in approaches critical of power. Inspired by biographical, emancipatory and participatory art forms, she uses her work specifically to question existing norms and create spaces in which marginalized voices are heard and empowered.

A project by: InterFemme* e.V.