Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2024
Photos: Hannah Jung

For our performance at Kunstverein Braunschweig, we turned off the lights and illuminated the space with household lamps borrowed from the institution’s staff. The Villa Salve Hospes, once a private residence of the wealthy, now a public institution, became the site where we responded to its architecture with our bodies.

Together, we developed an intimate and tender connection with the soft wooden floor, which transformed into a protective retreat — a bed that offered security, comfort, and care. Yet this state of intimacy and shelter felt constantly under threat: loudspeaker announcements reciting definitions of surveillance devices — such as alarms, peepholes, and motion detectors — reminded us of the persistent danger of intrusion. This safe space, no matter how gently held, seemed always at risk of being penetrated, monitored, or breached.