The archive* of tenderness is a collaborative platform and an unstable collection of tender moments, sounds, gestures, theories and stories. An exploration into what it means to engage with the world in a tender way. The archive* asks, if a tender relation to the world can be a mode of resistance and open possibilities for transformation of social structures and ingrained habits.
The first constellation of the archives* works was called landscapes skins fabrics and combined a small artist-book with performances, drawings, recordings and sound. The second constellation soft earth, unburned took the shape of a performance with accompanying video recordings.
news / events
2023 the archive* will be part of the Wiesbaden tanzt! festival /// the archive* is presented as part of agora.digital by Ben j. Riepe online and in Düsseldorf /// the archives* publication will be shown at Compound Yellow in Chigago as part of Toolbox by ßpatz 2022 the archives* publication was shown at other places art fair as a part of Toolbox by ßpatz /// we had a small intensive rehearsal and performance week at Atelier Siegele in Darmstadt, where we developed our second constellation, soft earth, unburned. We ended our mini-residency with a performance-preview. /// the archives* publication was shown at gallery Stephanie Kelly in Dresden and Markt für junge Kunst in Leipzig /// Anno Bolenders performance "in memoriam tenerae" was shown at Sommerwerft Festival in Frankfurt /// Lukas did a short interview about the archive* for Augenblick by Hessische Kulturstiftung /// the archives first publication was released as part of Toolbox by ßpatz.
team
Many people have contributed to the archives* work so far and hopefully there will be even more co-contributors and co-researchers in the future. Here they are: Tom Luca Adams, Anno Bolender, Sarah Degenhardt, Balduin Mund, Momo Neko, Lukas Picard, Pia Louise Jahn, Judith Wolff, Ira Wichert.
special thanks go to: Stiftung Kunstfonds, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Darmstädter Sezession, ßpatz, and all the other supporters! For any questions write us a mail to info@archivderzaertlichkeit.de