Mallika Taneja (IN)

A skirt that’s too short, a shoulder too bare, a neckline too plunging … To those who suggest that sexually-abused women are responsible for what happens to them, Indian artist Mallika Taneja responds in a gritty, satirical piece. Putting her money where her mouth is, she demonstrates the absurdity of sexist discourses, with the uncompromising humor of activists! Taneja exposes a culture that hides behind its ignorant, prudish customs, questions the notion of safety and shows the contradictions of stagnating social progress in India. Although rooted in India, the performance addresses a worldwide problem.

Mallika Taneja lives and works out of New Delhi, India. Through performances, installations and curatorial work, she explores questions of gender, solidarity, pleasure, rest and remembering. She is particularly interested in exploring political possibilities of performative ensembles and the role songs have to play in leaving and gathering traces of people, places and things. Some of her works and collaborative spaces include “Allegedly”, “Rest of the Struggle”, “Zanana ka Zamana”, “Women Walk at Midnight” and “Sex Chat Room”. She won the ZKB Acknowledgment Price in 2015 and the ZKB Patronage Price in 2021.Her newest production “Do you know this song?” will be presented at the Künstlerhaus in Nuremberg on Friday, 23 May.

Following the performance on 25 May there will be an artist talk in English.
Presentation: Dr. Dorothea Pachale – Institut für Theater- und Medienwissenschaft, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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