the image we combat with / becoming the aggressor

(2020, film & performance)

performed by amie jammeh / created in collaboration with 

alina belyagina, albrecht meixner, eldar baruch & polina fenko

what happens to a human body when it is immersed in a state of ultraviolence? how does the fact of having a weapon in our hands choreograph our movement, formulate our intentions? in the center of our artistic investigation is a body that reflects everything that happens outside. thinking about the ways how ideologies shape our bodies and minds, in a very subtle way they restructure us from the inside, choreograph our bodies and finally make our bodies unable to act freely.

to participate in a violence is to make a rupture between feeling/ emotion and function. thinking of human bodies only in terms of their functionality helps to control the masses. we are thinking and moving along with the images from protests, manifestations, violent scenes, reducing them to the level of a graphic sign or a text, trying to embody them, listen to them, move together and away from them.

optikum / entering the void

(2018, film & performance)

performed by amie jammeh / created in collaboration with 

bui rouch & anna schübel

optikum is a movement and sound performance that invites the audience to enter a room of stillness and heightened perception. the artwork explores the body in a choreography created through post-antrophoscene aesthetics and viewpoints.

drawing inspiration from the literature of korean/german author byung chul han, who in recent years has heavily criticized neoliberal power structures in digital media, the piece also subtly refers to disturbances of that which is flesh, nerves and bones. in this slow-paced choreography, bio-cosmic physicality and a futuristic, dystopian soundscape interweave to display a hyperbody, referring to several stages of biological evolution, in a mode of constant subtle disturbance and survival mode.

not out to start a revolution / you've got 16 min to exist in public

(2018 / film)

filmed together with femi, jaques & amin

i'm not out to start a revolution .... i'm just going for a walk

not out to start a revolution delves into what it means to exist as a person of colour in predominantly white public spaces. we try to exist without intention, to rest without fear & to be still without having to explain ourselves. these privileges are not to be taken for granted. who is allowed to do what, where and why? when mere existence is seen as a threat, even something as simple as taking a walk becomes an act of rebellion.

through this lens, the film challenges deeply ingrained stereotypes and prejudices about Black people

together, we navigate ways of resisting, surviving, and being, while emphasizing the importance of visibility, solidarity, community, and rest.