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Valerie Reding

monsters – On Power and Love

On Power And Love is a mediation format offered as part of the project monsters by Valerie Reding. In collaboration with performer Patricio Ruiz from Buenos Aires, Lausanne-based painter David Weishaar, composer Tyler Holmes from Los Angeles and Berlin-based sound artist Lou Drago, the performer, choreographer and transdisciplinary artist Valerie Reding creates with monsters an oneiric and compelling multi-sensorial space to share the powerful stories of those that have experienced abuse in interpersonal relationships - stories that are so often silenced in our society. Combining performance, photography, painting, sound and text in an immersive multimedia stage work, monsters fiercely reclaims the monstrosity that is projected on survivors and those who speak up against abuse (of power) and systems of oppression. This eclectic work is an empowering celebration of the liberating power of one‘s voice, resilience, healing, community, care - and love. It is also a sensitive and thought-provoking reflection on the figure of the monster and the complex interconnections between interpersonal and societal power relations.

On Power And Love starts with an open discussion about surviving abusive relationships, systems of oppression, love, healing and community, facilitated by Yuvviki Dioh and with Salou Sadras, Robyn Iyongo and Valerie Reding. You are invited to join as a listener or participant, according to your own wishes and needs. This discussion will be followed by delicious comfort food prepared by Aly Khamees and a live DJ set by Leila Moon, where we will all be able to dance, exchange and enjoy together freely. This is a relaxed event, meaning that you can join and leave whenever you desire.

Discussion 16:30h
Food and Music 19:00h

This event takes place as an accompanying event to monsters.

Artistic direction, concept Valerie Reding
Performance, text Patricio Ruiz & Valerie Reding
Photography, costumes, make-up, scenography Valerie Reding
Painting The Heart Is Ours David Weishaar
Soundscape Lou Drago
Music for performance Tyler Holmes
Dramaturgical advisor Joshua Wicke
People portrayed, texts Aron Smith, Bast Hippocrate, Pauline Canavesio aka BORA, Robyn Iyongo, Salou Sadras, William Cardoso
Lights, scenography Thomas Giger
DJ set Leila Moon
Food Aly Khamees
Facilitator Yuvviki Dioh
Costume assistance Nahuel Mendez
Ceramic objects Kwadrat by Luka Stamenkovic
Production assistance Nico Dubosson
Production & administration REDart

Coproduction Tanzhaus Zürich

Partners and financial support Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung, Fondation Émilie Gourd, Fondation Été, Fonds RESPECT by Pink Cross, TGNS - Transgender Network Switzerland & LOS - Lesbenorganisation Schweiz, Grand Studio Bruxelles, Kanton Zürich Kultur, Kultur|lx Arts Council Luxembourg, Migros-Kulturprozent, Ministère de la Culture Luxembourgeois, Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte - Cliché II, Okapi Equipment, Stadt Zürich Kultur, TROIS C-L - Maison Pour La Danse

Valerie Reding

Valerie Reding is a performer, choreographer and transdisciplinary artist based in Zurich.

After their training in ballet and modern dance in Luxembourg, they studied Architecture and Media Arts in Zurich, Vienna and San Francisco, worked internationally as a makeup artist in fashion and created their drag alter-ego VulVenim - a seductive and poisonous shapeshifter. Today, they combine all these experiences in their eclectic artistic practice combining movement, performance, photography, video, text and installation. They are also the creative director of WET DREAMZ - a queer-feminist party with various artistic interventions to empower all bodies and identities.

Intrigued by the complex entanglements of the body, human psychology, interpersonal relationships and the power relations that permeate our societies and identities, Valerie explores the potential of vulnerability, auto-fiction, togetherness, transformation and camp to work on questions around subjectivity and relationality with an intersectional approach.

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