Gift
On four screens, GIFT presents the personal journey of the three protagonists, on the trail of men’s movements, queer feminism and pop culture.
Our protagonists, two white cis men and one non-binary person from left-wing cultural circles, are certainly concerned with discrimination, power structures and sexism. Nevertheless, they reproduce internalised toxic masculinity and have even made a mark in front of their feminist friends with Judith Butler quotes. Why? And how different to others?
On four screens, GIFT presents the personal journey of the three protagonists, on the trail of men’s movements, queer feminism and pop culture. Why does it make me uncomfortable as a father when my son is the weakest kid on the playground? Why do I get pissed off when everything always comes back to the gender debate? And what does all this have to do with the fact that my mother cut my hair when I was a kid because she didn’t want me to be bullied in kindergarten?
GIFT is a contribution to a debate that concerns us all. And because we all don’t know any better and there are experts who have been dealing with all our questions for a long time, they are invited as guests. These experts prescribe the piece from their perspective, give inputs on allyship, pro-feminism and intersectionality and open the space for the joint discussion with the audience.
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Title: Gift
Performer: Luisa Ricar, Felician Hohnlooser, David Jegerlehner and tobibienz
Form: Immersive video performance followed by discussions
Duration: film 45min, discussion 3h
Venue: Hyperlokal, Zürich (Switzerland); Karlstor, Heidelberg (Germany); Alte Münze, Berlin (Germany)
Date: September 2021
