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We are excited to invite you to the film screening of STAGED by vAL | Corey Scott-Gilbert & Krsn Brasko on Wednesday, 26 November 2025 from 6 – 8 pm at EIGEN + ART Lab! @krsnbrasko @coreyscottgilbert
The film will be on view until 29 November during our usual opening hours.

What happens to a body that only knows the sound of waiting? What does it mean to haunt a silence?

STAGED is a short film by vAL featuring Roderick George and Corey Scott-Gilbert in an endless loop of false starts where two nihilistic characters rally through self-reflection to interrogate their roles inside of a theatrical conundrum. In this virtual commission from Baryshnikov Arts, STAGED employs the theater itself as a reflective pool, mirroring life’s absurdities in search of a glint of horizon. Accompanied by the voice of Gus Solomons, Jr., STAGED unpacks a world of exuberant exile where rules are meant to be broken and caricatures confronted.

Perhaps hope is only elsewhere; perhaps elsewhere is already here…

Direction: vAL
Co-film direction: Krsn Brasko
Performance: Roderick George & Corey Scott-Gilbert
Voice: Gus Solomons, Jr.
Direction of photography: Uri Ackerman
2nd unit of photography: Josh Mayes
Wardrobe: Taz Loft
Sound design: Friedrich Brückner
Music & additional sound design: Joshua Eustis
Vocal manipulation: Sebastian Szary
Vocal recording: Andrew Fox
Edit & post production & direction of sound: Krsn Brasko
Concept & script: vAL

Special thanks to Valerie Scott-Dishroom Tobias Ebling Ariel Freedman

This is a commission for Baryshnikov Arts in collaboration with The Jerome Robbins Theater.

In living memory of Gus Solomons, Jr.

#val #coreyscottgilbert #krsnbrasko #staged#eigenart_lab #exhibition #berlin @galerie_eigenart

On Sunday during @berlinartweek, Corey Scott Gilbert | vAL unveiled their newly commissioned work Bellied at the Neue Nationalgalerie as part of PERFORM! 2025.

✨ Moving through empty bleachers with shards of mirrors, the performer confronted the audience’s gaze—closing the distance until boundaries dissolved. The piece leaves us asking: How do we reposition ourselves for better reflections? What can be assembled from splintered thoughts?

Thank you to everyone who experienced this performance with us and became part of its intensity.

Special thanks to Turkana for the music and sound design, to Dasniya Sommer for dramaturgy, to SADAK for wardrobe, and to the American Academy in Berlin @americanacademyinberlin for making this possible.

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Am Sonntag während der Berlin Art Week präsentierte Corey Scott Gilbert | vAL im Rahmen von PERFORM! 2025 an der Neuen Nationalgalerie das neu beauftragte Werk Bellied.

✨ Mit Spiegel­scherben bewegte sich der Performer durch leere Tribünen, stellte sich den Blicken des Publikums – bis die Distanz schwand und Grenzen sich auflösten. Das Werk hinterlässt Fragen: Wie können wir uns neu positionieren, um klarere Spiegelungen zu finden? Was lässt sich aus zersplitterten Gedanken zusammensetzen?

Ein großer Dank an alle, die diese Performance mit uns erlebt und ihre Intensität mitgetragen haben.

Besonderer Dank gilt Turkana für Musik und Sounddesign, Dasniya Sommer für die Dramaturgie, SADAK für das Kostüm sowie der American Academy in Berlin @americanacademyinberlin, die dies möglich gemacht hat.

Corey Scott-Gilbert, Bellied, 2025, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2025, © Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Videocredit: @studio.schaack

Cover: Corey Scott-Gilbert, Bellied, 2025, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2025, © Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Photo: @Ivaan_erofeev

At our annual festival PERFORM! 2025, @CoreyScottGilbert | vAL presents the new commission “Bellied”. Come around, the entry is free!

Moving through empty bleachers with fragments of mirrors, vAL unsettles and reflects the audience’s gaze, coming closer and closer until performer and spectators share the same space. Bellied gathers what is left after shattered reflections to sketch new possibilities—asking how we can reposition ourselves for better reflections, and what might emerge from splintered thoughts.

Corey Scott Gilbert (*1983), an American artist based in Berlin, creates curated situations that highlight the absurdities of hopeless social dynamics. With an inherently queer perspective and off-grid aesthetic, their practice turns personal histories of movement into a multidisciplinary playground where joy is not sought but devoured.

🎶 Music and Sound Design: Turkana
Dramaturgie: Dasniya Sommer
Wardrobe: SADAK

📅 Sunday, 14 September 2025
🕒 3–3.30 pm
📍 Neue Nationalgalerie terrace

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Im Rahmen unseres jährlichen Festivals PERFORM! 2025 zeigt @CoreyScottGilbert | vAL die Neuproduktion “Bellied”. Kommt vorbei, bei freiem Eintritt!

Mit Spiegelstücken bewegt sich vAL durch leere Ränge, fängt die Blicke des Publikums ein und nähert sich Schritt für Schritt, bis Performer*in und Zuschauer*innen denselben Raum teilen. Bellied sammelt Fragmente zerbrochener Spiegelungen, um neue Möglichkeiten zu entwerfen – und fragt, wie wir uns neu positionieren können, um bessere Reflexionen zu schaffen und was sich aus zersplitterten Gedanken zusammensetzen lässt.

Corey Scott Gilbert (1983), US-amerikanischer Künstler mit Lebensmittelpunkt in Berlin, beleuchtet mit einer queeren Perspektive und einer „off-grid“-Ästhetik die Absurditäten einer hoffnungslosen sozialen Dynamik. Persönliche Bewegungsgeschichten dienen als Ausgangspunkt für multidisziplinäre Spielfelder, in denen Freude nicht gesucht, sondern verschlungen wird.

🎶 Music und Sound Design: Turkana
Dramaturgie: Dasniya Sommer
Wardrobe: SADAK

📅 Sonntag, 14. September 2025
🕒 15–15.30 Uhr
📍 Terrasse der Neuen Nationalgalerie

vAL 12: When you have to explain to your parents what you do.. and they get it..!

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @coreyscottgilbert, @valwashere

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with Luis Alberto Rodriguez and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and Sophiensæle. The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and UferstudiosGmbH. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

#berlin #freieszene #freieszeneberlin #performance #contemporarydance

vAL 10/2: Living in a state of contradiction is perfectly necessary for one's sanity in an insane world..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @coreyscottgilbert, @valwashere

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztaae Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne @theaterhaus berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

#berlin #freieszene #freieszeneberlin #performance #contemporarydance

vAL 10/1: You know when you tell people you're a contemporary dancer and then you have to explain what it is that you actually do..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @coreyscottgilbert, @valwashere

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztaae Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne ., @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

#berlin #freieszene #freieszeneberlin #performance #contemporarydance

vAL 9/1: Sat in the show with my pen and paper like serious dance audience..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and Sophiensæle. The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and UferstudiosGmbH. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

#berlin #freieszene #freieszeneberlin #performance #contemporarydance

vAL 8: The amount of fun one can have everyday inside a human body as a dancer..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne , @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

vAL 7: Like a polaroid picture..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne , @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Shout out @ligiamlewis

vAL 6: Sometimes art can really literally actually touch you..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne , @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

vAL 5: Happy Easter, humans.

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne , @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

vAL 4: No, but I was a really bad poet.. It's better for everyone that I dance now..

Hosted, shot & edited by: @emekasaidso

💃 🕺 💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺

INTERMISSION

Performance: @valwashere, @coreyscottgilbert

Choreographic Associate: Ariel Cecelia Freedman

Sound: @ilyich.now

Light: @sigrid_c_h_e_b

Scenographer: @tyvek_lover

Costume: @_sadak_

Production: @nedalot

Dramaturgy: @haus_sommer

This performance features hanging textilesmade in collaboration with @luisalbertorodriguezstudio and SADAK as well as the voices
of Charli Reese Kane, Harvest Shira Shiloah, Kayden Tickner, Stelios Tsatsos, Gus Solomons Jr.

A production by vAL. Originally commissioned by Emerging Change
Tanzfestival with the support of Flutgraben Performances Residencies and @sophiensaele . The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of @tanzfabrikberlinbuehne @theaterhaus.berlin and @uferstudios_tanz_berlin . Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.