GRANDMOTHERS OF THE FUTURE

GRANDMOTHERS OF THE FUTURE - A performance by the waltraud900 collective

"The Grandmother of the Universe knows the first name of her grandmother, her great-grandmother and the names of all women, people and creatures. She can walk backwards, and she runs her whole life backwards before our eyes. She walks a kite on a leash at night. The grandmother of the universe will bequeath nothing to us. No pain, no guilt, no coffee cup."

In the performance GRANDMOTHERS OF THE FUTURE, six women place themselves in the traditional lines of their own (female) history(ies) and examine them from a transcultural and feminist perspective. They search for differences and similarities in the lives of their Egyptian, German, Greek, Iranian and Palestinian grandmothers from the beginning of the early 20th century until today.

The performers - two generations later - ask themselves and each other the question: How did you become the woman I am today? The performance focuses on the cultural heritage that each of us carries within us, with regard to a pluralized society in which different and polyphonic narratives are equally important in the room. Together, they create a space for negotiating social processes, retrospectives, future scenarios and shared dreams across three generations on two different continents.