TALKING STRAIGHT: AN’GORA

2017, The Art Of Democracy
Konferenz zur Demokratie in Krisenzeiten, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin

Concept, Performance & Video: houaïda, Alicia Agustín, Antje Prust 
Sound Installation: houaïda
Additional Video & Foto: Shahrzad Rahmani

The access to the Greek agora was only for free citizens. If on the one hand it is a symbol of free assembly, the question arises which parts of society were not represented. Talking Straight calls for a meeting at the Berliner Festspiele via video message: All free people are invited to talk about their freedom and the lack of freedom of everyone else. A group cuddling, a multimedia installation that uses the bodies already present during the theater meeting to question the myth of consensus.