Erikas Töchter

With their residency project “Erikas Töchter”, Lina Dettermann and Jette Schwabe take this figure as the starting point for a performative research process. They enter into dialogue with Erika Mustermann—and thus with societal ideas of female* normality, representation and identity. Who was declared the norm here? According to which criteria? And why does the Federal Printing Office still refuse to disclose how the selection was made?

During the RESIDENCY, Erika Mustermann becomes negotiable: as a woman*, as a question, as a contemporary presence. Through public castings in urban space, Erika will be re-cast together with local participants and transformed into a collective tool.

What happens when her model identity is embodied by bodies she would normally overlook? How does her voice sound if we give her one? What happens when suddenly everyone is called Erika Mustermann? And what does an individual look like who is supposed to contain (everything)?

Join us for the final performance on Saturday, April 18 at 6 pm, when we collectively set out to get to the bottom of Erika Mustermann.