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Open Call – Kleines Performance Festli

Nach der letzten Ausgabe des kleinen Performance Festli freuen wir uns, am 4. Juli erneut einen Abend für Experimente, Skizzen und Ideen im Werden zu veranstalten.

Wir laden Künstler:innen ein, Arbeiten zu zeigen, die sie in einem öffentlichen Rahmen ausprobieren möchten – Performance, Bewegung, Text, Sound oder alles dazwischen.

Das Festli versteht sich als Raum für künstlerisches Ausprobieren: unfertige Arbeiten, neue Ansätze und erste Versionen sind willkommen. Die gezeigten Arbeiten sollten eine Dauer von maximal 25 Minuten haben.

Wir kümmern uns um Verpflegung, Dokumentation sowie minimale technische Ausstattung vor Ort.

Schickt uns:
– eine Projektbeschreibung (max. 1 A4-Seite)
– einen kurzen Tech Rider
– euren CV (PDF)

📅 Event: 04.07.2026
⏳ Bewerbungsfrist: 07.06.2026
📩 Einsendungen an: kleinesperformancefest@gmail.com

Wir freuen uns auf eure Ideen und Experimente.

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Open Call – Kleines Performance Festli

Following last year’s edition of kleines Performance Festli, we’re excited to once again host an evening for experiments, sketches, and works in progress on July 4th.

We invite artists to present work they would like to test in a public setting – performance, movement, text, sound, or anything in between.

The festival is conceived as a space for artistic experimentation: unfinished works, new approaches, and first versions are welcome. Presented works should not exceed 25 minutes in length.

We will provide food/drinks, documentation, and minimal technical support on site.

Please send:
– a project description (max. 1 A4 page)
– a short tech rider
– your CV (PDF)

📅 Event: 04.07.2026
⏳ Application deadline: 07.06.2026
📩 Applications: kleinesperformancefest@gmail.com

We look forward to your ideas and experiments.

#opencall #performance #kleinebühne #kleinefreiheit #zürich

Picture: Kleines Performance Festival 2025, Aina Rea Aliotta and Ida Fay „COMPORTATE“

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

rumination, 2026
(solo) performance, 40‘
VoiceOver by @___munu

Presented at @kupper_modern as part of the release event of vol. 9 „secrets“ by @zwischentext

“rumination” treats sustained mental looping as a political tempo, a deliberate slowing against regimes of productivity, legibility and control. Memory operates through the body, returning in breath, muscle and involuntary rhythm. The choreography loops through actions such as digging, running, spinning and self-touch, with each repetition shifting in intensity, scale and exposure. A body that gathers, sheds, fragments and reassembles itself.

Image credits: @ooli.k

nicht nur im mai wird gross gedacht.
ende märz feiern wir den nightly release event von vol. 9 «geheimnisse/secrets» 🌖 – mit readings, performance und performativem apéro bei @kupper_modern.

datum: samstag, 28. märz
zeit: 20:00 - 00:30uhr
wo: zwinglistrasse 10, 8004 zürich

kommt vorbei. don't let it be a secret 🔐
tolle leute, tolle location - only you missing!

© flyer design by @chiara_ttd

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

Performance FROM FRIGHT TO FEAR by David Dragan and performers: @marenksauer @ilariagiuliar styling by @sagil.mdamin on Saturday, 28. February 2026.

📷 @fromtheback_asfromthefront

We are closing our current show on February 28, from 19.00 h with two events:

“from fright to fear”, performance by @davidddragan , with Maren Sauer, Ilaria Rabagliati and Sagil Md. Amin; styling by Sagil Md. Amin 

followed by

“Stones and their Whispers of old Stories”, film by @davidddragan and @noahkohlbrenner, 26:15'

Join us!

As part of our fundraising exhibition, we are pleased to present David Drăgan, a Swiss-based artist born in Sibiu, Romania. Their practice investigates memory, trauma, identity, and transformation, unfolding through visual languages that reflect on personal history and collective experience. Drăgan’s work invites a quiet yet powerful engagement, where past and present intersect and meaning emerges through reflection.

Join us on
>>7 February 2026 in Zurich<< at Konradstrasse 72, for a live exhibition day with performances, music, and a shared moment of community — in support of community cats from Bucharest.

🎨 Encounter the artworks in person
🎶 Live performances by artists
🐾 Support sterilisation, food and vaccinations for stray cats

Learn more at Papillarya.com

#artforgood #liveexhibition #zurichart #fundraisingevent #communitycats

We are very happy to announce that our film «Stones and their Whsipers of old Stories» will have its Romanian premiere at @bieff in Bucharest this Saturday 8:30pm at Cinemateca Eforie.

A film by:

David Dragan & Noah Kohlbrenner
Editor:
@martranquillitatis
DOP:
@jelin_
Sound & Sound Design:
@davidgraudenz

Choreography & Costumes:
David Dragan

With Music from:
@jakobvasak.windtal , @lcy__________ , David Dragan, @bendikgiske

Camera Assistance:
@eliasboetticher

Performers:
@ilariagiuliar
@harumi_mumenthaler
@sebastienka
@marenksauer
@joleupi
@iona.danescu
@raluca_cristea__
@and_rei_nis
@0rroxana
@dorin_eremia

Interviews:
Ursula Walser-Biffiger,
Andreas Weissen,
Dorina Dragan

After our residency at @newfears_gallery we warmly invite you to dive in the cave at our premiere in Zürich @grubenstrasse39

Limited seats, so grab your tickets(link in bio)

cave of noises
performance 45‘

Grube[n], Grubenstrasse 39, Zürich
19.09. at 19:00 & 20:30

To be so tender yet unable to catch oneself while falling, yet able to catch another in the cave of noise. The performance looks at moments of stillness and care within the queer community—fragile moments
often being forgotten.

picture @daniekunzphoto
styling @mystic_imp
font @fthrsli
design @adridesigns__

cave of noises
performance 30‘

residency viewing at @newfears_gallery
Reichenbergstrasse 114, Berlin
22.08. 19:00

To be so tender yet unable to catch oneself while falling, yet able to catch another in the cave of noise. The performance looks at moments of stillness and care within the queer community—fragile moments
often being forgotten.

picture @daniekunzphoto
styling @mystic_imp
font @fthrsli

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Exhibition and Screening/Performance of „Stones and their Whispers of Old Stories“
Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it possible 🫰🏻
We had an amazing time!! :)
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

acts of listening/trees that never left

performance 30‘

A performance of touch, hum, and quiet movement. Listening gathers as soil does, holding traces of what has passed. Through breath, beings return to continue their myths—never fully leaving.

with
@harumi_mumenthaler
@ilariagiuliar
@sagil.mdamin

for
@zurfrohenaussicht_ernen

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k

Rautistrasse 331

1-4
David Dragan
requiem for a home, 2025
video installation 11’47’’ and
aluminium sculptures, variable in size
voiceover Jore Gritenaite @___munu

5-6
Ramon Iten
A Collection of Change, 2025
carpet, variable in size

7-9
Oana Popa
they think they are, 2025
installation with observation notes,
found objects, variable in size

documentation @ooli.k