Art in the Time of Uprisings: with Sasha Marianna Salzmann & Rebecca Ajnwojner, Guy Ben-Aharon & Ireon Roach
In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Boston 
12-1:30 pm Eastern Time (US)
Zoom Webinar
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About the Event
A conversation of artists about their role in times of crises, starting with a quote:
"I think all poets—and I’m a kind of poet—are caught in a situation, which is a kind of pre-revolutionary situation; they have a very difficult role to play. (…) My own effort is to try to bear witness to something that will have to be there when the storm is over, to help us get through the next storm. Storms are always coming."
James Baldwin
About the Speakers
Rebecca Ajnwojner, M.A., born in Frankfurt am Main, completed her studies in Psychology in Heidelberg and her studies in Dramaturgy and Directing in Frankfurt am Main and Tel Aviv. During her studies she engaged with questions of intersectionality regarding a critical theatre practice and Critical Theory. Furthermore, she worked in the field of addiction support and research. Since season 2017/2018 she is a dramaturg at Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin. She co-organized the interdisciplinary festival 4. Berliner Herbstsalon which dealt with the term „Heimat“ from a feminist-intersectional perspective. Rebecca's artistic and scientific work operates at the interface between art and activism as well as the commitment to interests of diverse marginalised communities. Rebecca is currently working on her PhD project on representational critique and strategic essentialism in theater.
Guy Ben-Aharon is a stage director and cultural entrepreneur looking to radically change the way we experience culture. He is the Founder & Director of The Jar, a company that exists to produce cultural encounters that delight, ignite and unite a diverse and vibrant community. His work has been profiled in numerous press outlets, such as The Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, among others.
Ireon Roach (she/her/hers) is a Black, queer, Chicago-bred poet, performer and activist currently pursuing her BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Her writing has appeared in Hoochie Feminst Magazine and Shortline Review Reading Series. She is passionate about liberation through the untelling of western history and retelling of our own.
Sasha Marianna Salzmann is a playwright, novelist, curator, and director. They were the co-founder of the culture magazine freitext and the artistic director of STUDIO Я. Salzmann also co-founded NIDS – New Institute for Drama, where they give workshops on political writing. Their theater work is translated, shown and awarded in over 20 countries. In 2017 they were voted “the German speaking theater maker of the season”. In the same year Salzmann finished their first novel, Beside Myself, which is translated into 16 languages and won two major German awards for best debut novel. Beside Myself was on the short list for the Book Prize 2017, Premio Strega Europeo 2019 and Central European Literature Award ANGELUS.
Sasha Marianna Salzmann is the winner of the art prize in category performing arts of the Akademie der Künste 2020 and is a fellow of Deutscher Literaturfonds.
Visit their website for more details: http://sashamariannasalzmann.com/en/no-jews-for-the-afd/