Festival Theaterformen: KDM Königin der Macht & Odete – Testimonies from X to D

In the organizer's words:

In the performative rap concert Testimonies from X to D, testimonies from captivity become extended breaths. Inspired by Frantz Fanon's Combat Breath - who analyzed combat breathing as a direct consequence of state oppression - KDM and Odete weave texts by political prisoners into a ritual chain letter. Through raw sound textures and atmospheric electronic sounds, a lyrical chain letter against the isolation and alienation of imprisonment is created. For it is only through the voices of political prisoners that an in-depth analysis of power and oppression becomes possible: the performance reveals the profit-oriented structures of the Prison Industrial Complex and shows how punishment is linked to globally spread social and political systems. The rap concert represents what George Jackson stated in prison: "If they let us out, the world would hear our analysis, but until then, our words from here are the only testimony."

Myassa Kraitt (she/her) is a performance artist, rapper, director and social anthropologist. In her work, she combines rap, performance and lectures with queer-feminist and anti-/decolonial discourses. She has been performing as the art figure KDM Queen of Power since 2022. Her artistic practice deals with feminist movements and forms of violence, focusing in particular on epistemic violence, coloniality, patriarchy and necropolitics.

Odete (they/them) is the pseudonym of Levi Carvalho, a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of writing, music, theater and visual arts. The artistic practice explores and connects 'effeminate' lines of history - from baroque castrati to 19th century dandies.