Am Tisch – at the table is a transnational project that traces the family table as a central place of negotiation and thus, the smallest social cell. Artists from different disciplines perform their family table across several continents.

In the ten short films of the exhibition they show ruptures, secret codes and open fronts of family negotiation in different social contexts and across national borders. Two performances were adapted for the stage and will be shown in the Atrium:”Lost at home” by Alexander Steindorf (Germany) and “At the sea” by Phaedra Pisimisi (Greece). The result is a kaleidoscope of the family in various and extreme situations – every artist uses their own artistic means to show autobiographical perspectives of absence, emotional and spatial distance, war, loss, as well as emotional violence and the terrors and hopes associated with it.

Performances | dates and time:
Saturday 15th April 2023 at 7 pm
Sunday 16th April 2023 at 7 pm

Creative Team:
Artistic direction: projekt-il (Bianca Künzel, Alexander Steindorf, Matts Johan Leenders, Dorle Trachternach)
Performance: Phaedra Pisimisi (Greece), Alexander Steindorf (Germany)
Short films: Amy Frega (Egypt/singer), Matts Johan Leenders (Germany/musician), Bernardo San Rafael (Costa Rica/dancer), Phaedra Pisimisi (Greece/dancer), Keyvan Sarreshteh (Iran/performer), Sander Kang De (Kyrgyzstan/director), Atsushi Watanabe (Japan/artist), Jasmina Musič (Bosnia and Herzegovina/actor), Tomas Kildišius (Lithuania/singer) and Anna Homan (Ukraine/director)
Production management: Katrin Wiesemann

Guest performance and exhibition in Malta supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Project supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW and the NRW State Office for Free Performing Arts.