SWEAT - Smells of Labour

In the organizer's words:

Sandra Chatterjee & Friends
"SWEAT - Smells of Labor"

With the kind support of the Cultural Department of the City of Munich. Supported by the Verband freie Darstellende Künste Bayern e.V. as part of the resumption funding of the "Förderpaket Freie Kunst 2024" with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts. Supported by the District Committee 5 Au-Haidhausen of the City of Munich. In cooperation with the Petra-Kelly Foundation.

While clothing from unjust international production conditions is displayed in local boutiques, the physical risk and effort that goes into each of these garments is outsourced to India, China or Bangladesh. The sweat of work and fear, the pesticides, oils and solvents are masked and suppressed - and not just in fashion production. Sweat is a carrier of this industrialized exploitation and at the same time an expression of the uniqueness of each individual person in this machinery. The performance "SWEAT - Smells of Labour" takes up this complex entanglement and develops a multi-layered examination of the smells associated with work.

"SWEAT - Smells of Labour" uses dance, music and olfactory performance to examine sweat in the context of consumption, work, exploitation, social class and neo-colonial trade and production relations. Workers' songs and percussion meet electronic soundscapes. Smells determine dance and storytelling, the performers translate sensual perception into moving impulses. Workers themselves have their say through interviews and sweat-soaked clothing.

"Sweat - Smells of Labor" is a project by Sandra Chatterjee with Melmun Bajarchuu, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Srabanti Bhattacherjee, Cana Bilir-Meier, Constanze Knapp, Arko Mukhaerjee, Kanishka Sarkar, Duduzile Voigts

Philosophical input: Dr. André Grahle
Olfactory consulting: Dr. Fabienne Hübener

Research collaboration: Antonia Grahmann
Technical direction: Andi Kern
Production management: Sara Mack freispiel Kulturagentur
Production collaboration: Nike Schwederski

Price information:

Minimum price € 8.00 Reduced ticket € 10.00 Regular ticket € 18.00 Support ticket € 30.00