Zwischenakte. Three Passages in Cinema

A film program curated by Alena Williams in the framework of the show Pause. Valeska Gert: Bewegte Fragmente at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin and the workshop The Unsettled Image at ICI Berlin. The term "Zwischenakt" (interval) refers to performative moments between two acts of a theater performance or two film rolls at the movie theater. These films examine how the radical performances of the artist, dancer and actress Valeska Gert (1892–1978) open up alternative perspectives on the themes of staging, interruption and standstill in cinema. Introduction: Alena Williams.

With the kind support of The Developing Room: Photography Working Group at the Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University. (Jan. 28, with guests)