16.09.-04.12.22

Queer
Trust
Protozone8

In short

QUEER TRUST is an attitude that draws from and relies on the in-between. It has shaped the work at Shedhalle as a space for process-based art since 2020 and is also the basis of Protozone8. The exhibition shows artistic works and ways of working that trust in relationships and processes beyond fixed attributions. The participating artists share intimate, vulnerable, open, and courageous artwork. In doing so, they question (gender) identities as well as artistic, scientific, and social traditions and classifications.

QUEER is, among other things, a term for the ambiguous and the unenclosed. In this sense, the term goes beyond sexual orientation or the question of gender. It is the basis of an attitude that insists on an “in-between,” a diversity of perspectives, and constant change.

For Protozone8, QUEER is joined with the term TRUST. Relationships with artists and trust in artistic processes are the foundation that gives support to constant change and non-fixation. This is what makes working in the art space Shedhalle possible in the first place. TRUST is also placed in the visitors, who are invited into this space of fluid transitions. QUEER TRUST is a call to trust the space between.

Protozone8: QUEER TRUST is developed and organized in exchange with the participating artists. Together with the visitors, QUEER TRUST creates space for the presentation of works as well as opportunities for gatherings, new experiences, and learning.

Participants

Dana Michel (artist-in-residence) & Tracy Maurice Lay Them All Down (2020)

Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė Leave No Trace (Athens) I-VIII (2022), RYXPER1126AE (2019), Votive Flowers (I–II), Freestanding Votive Flowers (I–VI) (all 2022)

Isabel Lewis The Institute for Embodied Creative Practices (ongoing) – in collaboration with Josephine Baan, Nina Emge, Izidora I LETHE, Ceylan Öztrük, Tyra Wigg and international art schools

Natasha Tontey Garden Amidst The Flame (2022) – commissioned and produced by Auto Italia, London in partnership with La Becque, Tour-de-Peilz, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague and Shedhalle, Zurich

Sunny Pfalzer I know what to do – with Lau Lukkarila and Slim Soledad, music by Marshall Vincent – produced in collaboration with Perrrformat

Tarek Lakhrissi Beast! (2022) – with Makeda Monnet and Victor da Silva – co-commissioned performance with Tinguely Museum (Basel), Move Festival, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Shedhalle (Zürich), Bureau des Heures Invisibles (Aubervilliers) & A horn is a thorn is a horn (2021)

Terre Thaemlitz Interstices (2001) & talk with Laurence Rassel

curated by Philipp Bergmann & Thea Reifler, curatorial assistants Ani Ekin Özdemir & Vanessa Bosch

With kind support of Stadt Zürich Kultur, Kanton Zurich Fachstelle Kultur (for The Institute for Embodied Creative Practices), Tanzhaus Zurich (für Dana Michel), Embassy of Canada (for Dana Michel), Kulturpauschale Kanton Basel Stadt (for Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė), Ernst and Olga Gubler-Hablützel Foundation.

Opening times:

HI-Intensity

16.-18.09.22

LO-Intensity

19.09.-04.12.22

open every Sat 14-20h & Sun 14-18h

29.10. 20h BEAST! Performance by Tarek Lakhrissi

04.-06.11. The Institute for embodied creative practices by Isabel Lewis

in collaboration with Josephine Baan, Nina Emge, Izidora l Lethe, Ceylan Öztrük, Tyra Wigg and international academies

Protozone8. Graphic Design: Studio Yukiko

Dana Michel. Photo: Clara Lacasse

Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė, Leave No Trace (Milan), 2021. Photo: Fred Dott.

Isabel Lewis, The Institute for Embodied Creative Practices. Performance view, Welt ohne Aussen, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2018. Photo: Mathias Voelzke.

Natasha Tontey, Garden amidst the flame (still), 2022. Courtesy of the artist.

Sunny Pfalzer, Slim Soledad, Lau Lukkarila, I know what to do, 2022. Photo: Joseph Kadow.

Tarek Lakhrissi, Makeda Monnet, Victor da Silva, Beast!, 2022. Photo: Markus Goessi, Tinguely Museum.

Terre Thaemlitz, Interstices (still), 2001. Courtesy of the artist.

29.10.2022

Tarek Lakhrissi
BEAST!

In short

This performance

“…explores bestiality as a philosophical and political concept by drawing on the stigma that historically frames queers and PoC as monstrous. Through read- ings of my recent romantic/radical poems accompanied by the lyrical vocals
of Makeda Monet and the electronic music of Victor da Silva. BEAST! explores utopian queer passions, rituals for lost ones, dark corners to protect oneself in, erotic dreams, and… you’ll see. All the poems are from my last poetry book LE SANG! (BLOOD!) published by Lafayette Anticipations.”

-Tarek Lakhrissi

Tarek Lakhrissi, BEAST!
Performance at Shedhalle 2022 during Protozone8 - Queer Trust
with Makeda Monnet and Fatma Pneumonia
photo: Carla Schleiffer

2022-11-03

The Institute for embodied creative practices

In short

‘The Institute for embodied creative practices’ was hosted at Shedhalle by Isabelle Lewis from 3-6 of November during Protozone8 – Queer Trust.
We are grateful for the collaboration with Joseph Baan, Nina Emge, Izidora I LETHE, Juliette Uzor, Tyra Wigg, HGB Leipzig, HSLU Luzern, ZHdK Zurich and many more international art schools.
The Institute for Embodied Creative Practices is an ambulatory corpus of particular concerns and the sensorial methodologies for addressing them founded by artist and choreographer Isabel Lewis.

Lewis (*1981, Santo Domingo) is a US artist with Dominican roots. She studied literature, dance and philosophy and is now active in theater, dance and music. Her work expanded the field of contemporary art to include the format of Occasions. With persistent experimentation and research methods that emerge from bodily experiences, Lewis creates alternative forms of sociality between human and non-human actors. The artist’s body of work to date includes the formats Occurrences, Arrangements, Activations, Expanded Viewings, Sensory Parcours, as well as workshops, listening sessions, and lecture performances. The focus of her fundamentally collaborative practice is on affective bodily experiences that engage all the senses.

The Institute of Embodied Creative Practices was supported by Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur & Callies Berlin
Curated by Philipp Bergmann & Thea Reifler

Shedhalle – The Institute for embodied creative practices

The Institute for embodied creative practices, 2022
picture by Vanessa Bosch

2022-11-12

Becoming Justin Bieber

In short

Sunny Pfalzer was hosting their ‘Becoming Justin Bieber’ Workshop, a somatic dance karaoke gathering, during Zurich Art Weekend at Shedhalle!
Thank you for everybody who joined. Together we discovered how the choreographic gestures of pop cultural music videos felt in our bodies. Resisting through slow-motion awkwardness, we all became our own versions of Justin Bieber & Co. ♪

Assistance Sculptures: Nico Rueda
Pictures by Vaida Mikliusiene
Curated by Philipp Bergmann & Thea Reifler

in the framework of Protozone8

'Becoming Justin Bieber' Workshop by Sunny Pfalzer
Zurich Art Weekend 2022

2022-12-16

Protozone9 WEAK•END•OPERA

In short

with Selma Selman, Mikołaj Sobczak und Nicholas Grafia

Shedhalle brings together three artists for their first major institutional collaboration in Switzerland. Selma Selman, Mikołaj Sobczak, and Nicholas Grafia, friends who come from very different backgrounds, will spend a two-week-residency-period at Shedhalle. Together they will develop a spatial installation with their drawings, paintings, sculptural and video works.

And they will work on a new performance that will be presented on 16th and 17th of December, exploring the possibilities of experimental and political theatre. With references to absurdist performance and humorous play, they focus on social reality. They draw on narratives that are derived from socially stigmatized individuals and their bodily histories, but also their resilience and resistance.

Curated by Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler

Curatorial Assistance: Vanessa Bosch

Graphic Design: Studio Yukiko

Opening times:

HI-Intensity Phase:

16.12.2022-18.12.2022

LO-Intensity Phase:

19.12.2023 – 15.01.2023

Sa 14–20h & Su 14–18h

Protozone9 WEAK.END.OPERA, 2022
with Selma Selman, Mikołaj Sobczak und Nicholas Grafia

Saturday April 15-Sunday April 16

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Opening Weekend

In short

At this moment, we make time for “timing-out”. In the middle of our five year endeavor PROTOZONES 2020-2025 we take some time to gather and reflect on our curatorial practice. As part of this, we invite collaborators who are already in the process of preparing contributions for future Protozones. All together, we wish to create a common space of gathering, inviting you for workshops, games, screenings and food.

We are looking forward to spending this time together with you. Lucie Tuma, Michelangelo Miccolis, Phila Bergmann & Thea Reifler.

Pictures: “How to create comfortable resting positions with _____”, Engy Mohsen and Gabriel Hensche, 2022, game session at Iron Velvet, New York. Photo: Cristian Chironi

Opening times:

Saturday 15.04. 18-22h

Sunday 16.04. 11-18h

Shedhalle – ProtoClub4: Timing-Out Opening Weekend

“How to create comfortable resting positions with _____”, Engy Mohsen and Gabriel Hensche, 2022, game session at Iron Velvet, New York. Photo: Cristian Chironi

22.04.2023-29.05.2023

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Closing Weekend

In short

At this moment, we make time for “timing-out”. In the middle of our five year endeavor PROTOZONES 2020-2025 we take some time to reflect on our curatorial practice. This process is accompanied by a screening program of video-works by artists who are already preparing contributions for future protozones

CLOSING WEEKEND:

TouchMeTell by melanie bonajo

+Closing Gathering with Aga Pedziwiatr (DIVAS), Byungseo Yoo, He Shen und Chaos Angel (for more info see rider “Program”)

CLOSING WEEKEND

Sunday/Monday 28./29.05. 14-18h

Screening TouchMETell by melanie bonajo

Monday 29.05. 18-22h Proto-Club4 Closing Gathering:

18-19h Soft Scores with Aga Pedziwiatr (DIVAS)

Aga Pedziwiatr (DIVAS) invites everyone to share and exchange together through touch, writing and voice. With the blend of their own artistic practice and as a comeback to the collective body of DIVAS Aga proposes soft scores and exchanges that facilitate a process of touching beyond the physical. Bring your favourite comfy clothes, your body and spirit and a pen!

19-20:30 Sauve qui peut: Together Convivial Dinner with Planetary Concern mit Byungseo Yoo

This Eco-Transpedagogy program and participatory art project embraces the salvaging, fermentation, cooking, and sharing of food waste. Participants actively engage in light labor, engage in discussions based on pre-recorded podcasts, partake in food waste quizzes, and exchange perspectives on seeking shared solutions amidst the challenges of climate change, political polarisation, and energy crises.

20:30-21:30 Präsentation von He Shen

Stories and Spaces are deeply entangled. Narrations, fictions and speculations offer us a temporal scale to look at the built environment, through which bodies’ oppressive categorisation and transgressive potential are made visible. Alternative life schedules and subcultural kinship making (what Jack Halberstam calls a “queer temporality”) demand an expanded understanding of care practice concerning architecture, whose aesthetic vocabulary is yet to be found.

+all evening long: musical sharings by Chaos Angel
from dream pop over Dean Blunt hommages to East Asian nostalgias

PAST SCREENINGS

Saturday/Sunday 22./23.04. & 29./30.04.
Army of Love by Ingo Niermann & Alexa Karolinski
42 min, 2016, commissioned by 9. Berlin Biennial

Saturday/Sunday 06./07.05. & 13./14.05.

Amor Rojo by Dora García

91 min, 2023, HD, color, 16:9, Spanish spoken, English subs, BE/NO’

Saturday/Sunday 20./21.05.

INCHOATE BUZZ by Leah Walker

conceived and commissioned by Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome, 2022

Opening times:

Screenings

28.05. 14-18h & 29.05. 14-18h

Closing Gathering

29.05. 18-22h

Shedhalle – Proto-Club4: Timing Out Closing Weekend

Melanie Bonajo, TouchMETell, 2019, HD video film, installation with collaboration Théo Demans, 24 minutes, 27 seconds, Courtesy AKINCI 9

Film Still: INCHOATE BUZZ by Leah Walker, 2022

Film still: Amor Rojo by Dora García, 91 min, 2023

Film Still: Army of Love by Alexa Karolinski & Ingo Niermann, 42 min, 2016

09.06.2023-06.08.2023

Protozone 11: it’s weird

In short

With: Angela Goh, Autumn Knight, Kris Lemsalu, Pontus Pettersson, Michael Portnoy

We are reclaiming the weird.

Not the uncanny, or necessarily the strange, but the weird as that which is out of place, a refusal in plain sight, a blurring of boundaries and relations. By challenging dominant perspectives, which have historically framed what is the “correct” narrative, weirdness becomes a space of knowledge production.

We invite a selection of artists and thinkers to imagine together how weirdness can create alternative and inclusive futures.

Protozone11: it’s weird is a multi-format project, developing as an experiment in exhibition making, performance presentation and educational exchange. Since our first Protozone back in 2020, we have established an alternative model for exhibition making. Within it, we are continuously expanding and renegotiating the boundaries of artwork and reception, how to gather in public and our institutional roles. We remain receptive and porous in our relationship to our audiences and continue to learn from them. At the same time, we remain in the process of defining our mission, questioning the relevance of art production during a historical moment on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Shedhalle will once again open its doors to process-based scenarios, inviting previous and new collaborators to inhabit the space for the next nine weeks. Angela Goh will open Protozone11: it’s weird with a performance, Body Loss, and the European premiere of her new film, The Concert (2022), commissioned by the Sydney Opera House. She will remain in-residence at Shedhalle, bringing a suite of performances in-process on the two following weekends. Opening weekend continues with contributions from: Michael Portnoy who invites us to look at sex as dance and comedy, presenting the film Progressive Touch (2020); Kris Lemsalu who appears through a phantasmagorical intervention that will continue into the night, leaving traces to remain at Shedhalle; and Autumn Knight will return to Shedhalle for the third year in a row, developing on work begun in the SHED in 2021, bringing the virtual work-in-process to our walls. Finally, Pontus Pettersson, artist-in-residence 2022, returning to Shedhalle on July 1st, will reconfigure the entire set up of the space with his own weird project pancor poetics.

Over the course of its nine-week manifestation, curator Michelangelo Miccolis, producer & moderator nick von kleist and guest editor Lisa Andreani will develop and serially publish The Weird Reader. This slow publication opens new and weird spaces for access and engagement with the works and processes of Protozone11. It uses the processes presented as its foundation for us to both listen to and build on, collectively. The process of The Weird Reader will be on view as an installation at Shedhalle and online on “the SHED”, our virtual greenroom and online residency program.

Curated by Michelangelo Miccolis

Produced and moderated by nick von kleist

Editor and contributor The Weird Reader: Lisa Andreani

Graphic design: Studio Yukiko

Opening times:

HI-Intensity Phase

June 09-11, Zurich Art Weekend (free entry!)

Fri, June 09, 17:00 – 23:00

18h Angela Goh, Body Loss (2017) PERFORMANCE (Swiss Premiere)

19h Angela Goh, The Concert (2022) FILM (European Premiere)

19h45 Michael Portnoy, Progressive Touch (2020) FILM

20h Kris Lemsalu, New untitled performance in collaboration with Maria Metsalu

22h Michael Portnoy, Progressive Touch (2020) FILM

Sat, June 10, 14:00 – 20:00

19h Angela Goh, The Concert (2022) FILM

Sun, June 11, 14:00 – 18:00

17h Angela Goh, Body Loss (2017) PERFORMANCE

LO-Intensity Phase

17.06. – 6.08.

open every Sat 14-20h & Sun 14-18h

Check for weekly updates on the SHED

Protozone11 it‘s weird, Graphic Design: Studio Yukiko

Agenda

Protozone11: it’s weird

Protozone12

Protozone13

Lilly
Pfalzer

Day 1 23.09.202016-17:30 public lecture “performative strategies in activism”

Day 3 25.09.202014-17 Embodied performative strategies of activism:
Giving up the individual and moving as a communal body

Day 4 26.09.202014-17 Exploring your body in the public space and cuddling in the street

Queer
Trust
Protozone8

Opening times:

Tarek Lakhrissi
BEAST!

The Institute for embodied creative practices

Becoming Justin Bieber

Protozone9 WEAK•END•OPERA

with Selma Selman, Mikołaj Sobczak und Nicholas Grafia

Opening times:

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Opening Weekend

Opening times:

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Closing Weekend

Opening times:

Protozone 11: it’s weird

Opening times:

Keep intouch

Agenda

Protozone11: it’s weird

Protozone12

Protozone13

Lilly Pfalzer

Day 1 23.09.202016-17:30 public lecture “performative strategies in activism”

Day 3 25.09.202014-17 Embodied performative strategies of activism: Giving up the individual and moving as a communal body

Day 4 26.09.202014-17 Exploring your body in the public space and cuddling in the street

Queer TrustProtozone8

Opening times:

Tarek Lakhrissi BEAST!

The Institute for embodied creative practices

Becoming Justin Bieber

Protozone9 WEAK•END•OPERA

with Selma Selman, Mikołaj Sobczak und Nicholas Grafia

Opening times:

Proto-Club4:Timing-OutOpening Weekend

Opening times:

Proto-Club4:Timing-OutClosing Weekend

Opening times:

Protozone 11: it’s weird

Opening times:

Keep intouch

Lilly
Pfalzer

Day 3 25.09.202014-17 Embodied performative strategies of activism:
Giving up the individual and moving as a communal body

Queer
Trust
Protozone8

Tarek Lakhrissi
BEAST!

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Opening Weekend

Proto-Club4:
Timing-Out
Closing Weekend