What is old? There is a new way of looking at the body, the old body, the aged body. Covid has brought it into the foreground, shows like Germany’s Next Topmodel into the spotlight. In her musical-discursive format Salon Souterrain, which rethinks the bourgeois idea of the salon in the context of current debates regarding transformation, Elisabeth Tambwe and her guests explore the “silver economy” and the new hype around grey hair on plasticized and profitable bodies. In doing so, they ask the actually important question: What does it mean to grow old?
VISUAL ART: Ruth Mateus-Berr, Mega Mingiedi Tunga/Cedrick Tshimbalanga
MUSIC: Pamelia Stickney, Lena Fankhauser, Melissa Coleman, DJ Universal Beatnick, Hyeji Nam, KVSAL/DJ Frank Claasinger, Anna Maria Niemiec
PERFORMANCE: Lau Lukkarila, JG Danso
PANEL DISCUSION:
Moderation Dr. Vassilis Tsianos
Guests Ruth Mateus-Berr, Dr. Olga Latowa, Lau Lukkarila, Dr. Helga Klug
and all the people, who want to contribute their reflections
FASHIONSHOW: styling by Andrijana Miljus (Ana van der Wolf) & Katarina Tutic
supported by Wolfmich moderated by Denise Van De Cruze
CATERING: Bar & Food by Salon Souterrain Wine by Karasek
Team
Artistic Director: Elisabeth Bakabamba Tambwe
Production Management: Indra Jaeger
Curator Classical Music Lena Fankhauser
Research: Benoît Jouan
Production on set: Christoph Hausner
Video: Eduardo Trivino Cely
Graphic Design: Tim Wikkering
Online Communication Francois Tambwe
Catering Management: Antonio Oreskovic
In collaboration with: ImPulsTanz, Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, music (CH)AMBER, Chateau Rouge, Laboratoire Kontempo, Verein hint.wien
Fashionshow supported by WOLFMICH
Special thanks to: Freud Museum & Khya Gheraïa
With friendly support by: BMKÖS, Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport
