THE INSTITUTE OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS: Beyond Sleep

THE INSTITUTE OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS: Beyond Sleep

Sat 21.03., from 14h, TQW Studios, Symposium

The Institute of Sleepless Nights is dedicated to insomnia and its socio-cultural and political facets. The symposium on the occasion of the performance "Soft Collapse (Insomnia for Beginners)" conceives a collective siesta between wakefulness and rest, between thinking and letting go. 

Approaching sleeplessness not as a private matter, but as a shared, fragile, and politically charged condition – shaped by labor, architectures, desire, and the pressure to stay "on" – the symposium unfolds as gentle activations, constellations, and interruptions. Embedded in the snug stage setting of the performance "Soft Collapse", the artistic and theoretical contributions explore multifaceted perspectives on the politics of (un)resting.

With contributions by Bilāla, Black Power Naps (Fannie Sosa / Navild Acosta), Lucy Bakanal, Eleonora Charlotte Crola, Francesca Gavin, Tonica Hunter, Anna Jermolaewa, Hanne Lippard, Jannis Neumann, Dalma Sarnyai, Astrid Seme, Karen Werner. Curated by Francesca Romana Audretsch and Michikazu Matsune.