ATTEMPTS OF TOGETHERNESS (2025)

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Attempts of Togetherness brought together 17 artists from 13 countries and 5 continents. We brought vast ideas and perspectives to the table. In that sense, Sweet & Tender Collaborations are more akin to a large quarrelling (but tender) artistic family than a singular-visioned team.

Together we
Sat in the dark
Let time guide us
Moved slow & felt low
Felt weight, tensions & eruptions
Stirred & simmered
Accumulated & swarmed
Fragmented in motion
Chirped, hummed & shouted
Mourned & raved
Stared into the fire
Spun slogans into knots
Talked around tables & circles
Met the people of Hamburg
Met each other (again)

Attempts of Togetherness is produced by Jenny Beyer Production and coproduced by Kampnagel Hamburg and Mia Habib Productions with artists from Sweet & Tender Collaborations an international collective I have been engaged with since 2006. Next year marks 20 years of collaboration.

Image courtesy of Thies Rätzke.

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