States of Uncertain Domesticities

The publication States of Uncertain Domesticities documents and reflects on the performance-centered exhibition by the same name, which was shown at Haus Kunst Mitte Berlin. The building itself—a construction originally designed as a residential building which is now used as an exhibition venue—provided the starting point for the artistic interventions. Through performances and installation-based interventions, the curatorial team reactivated the original character of the house. In reference to the seminal feminist project Woman House (1972), the domestic space was interpreted as a political arena within which social tensions are revealed. Forty-four international contemporary artists explored questions relating to housing, care work, violence, migration, and gentrification through various installations, performances, and media artworks. This publication transfers the spatial and physical experiences into the temporality of the book, inviting readers to engage more deeply with these themes. 

Artists: Adidal Abou-Chamat, Liz Bachhuber, Ina Bierstedt, Frauke Boggasch, Christian Borchert, Benhard Bormann, Bella Bram, Nakeya Brown, Libia Castro / Ólafur Ólafsson, Kathryn Cornelius, Alba D'Urbano / Tina Bara, Johanna Demetrakas, Milena Dopitová, Judith Miriam Escherlor, Maria Ezcurra, Kerstin Flake, Gluklya, Markéta Hlinovská, Fumi Kato, Daniela Krajčová, Elli KURUŞ, Via Lewandowsky, Loredana Longo, Susanne Lorenz, Tina Mamczur, Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Isa Melsheimer, Cornelia Friederike, Müller Jill, Luise Müßig, Linda Perthen, Cesare Pietroiusti, Chloé Piot, Inken Reinert, Dana Sahánková, Corinna Schnitt, Selma Selman, Jakub Šimčik, Barbora Šimková, Molly Soda, Nanae Suzuki, Fede Taus, Petra Trenkel, Andreas Ullrich, Anna Witt Performances: Stefan Hurtig, Melina Matzanke, Ping Qiu, Nika Radic / Georg Spehr Film programme: Maya Deren, Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman, Paola Cortellesi.

Text in English and German.