Artistic interventions in digital and natural space
By Justyna Koeke  and Mimosa Pale

Women in the Forest was produced in a collaboration between Mimosa Pale and Justyna Koeke in the forests of Finland, as well as in the Black Forest in Germany. For the participative performance project, the two artists made blind dates on Tinder, then met them in the forest, where together they created visual worlds of (female) pleasure, bodies, and nature.

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WOMEN IN THE FOREST
EXHIBITION / AUSSTELLUNG

Bodyleaks Festival, online 24.4. — 08.5.2021
www.bodyleaks.de
»Rönsy« exhibition @ Linna, Hämeenlinna, Finnland 1.7. — 31.8.2021

Team

Mimosa Pale studied art in Birmingham (UK), Helsinki, and Paris. Her practice of art is a synthesis of sculpture and performance art. She works in changing contexts in public spaces or with her musical saws, as well as in different collaborations. The Finnish artist splits her time between Horb am Neckar and Berlin, where she spent many years operating a hat shop, Atelier Himo, which featured her own designs. She is currently an artist-in-residence at the Antonie-Leins Künstler*innenhaus in Horb am Neckar.

Justyna Koeke, born in Krakow, Poland, is a sculptor and performance artist who mainly works in public spaces. Participation and intervention are nearly always the core elements of her works; wearable sculptural costumes are also a consistent component of her performances, which she develops in cooperation with activists, musicians, or theaters. Koeke is a lecturer at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. www.justynakoeke.com

Birgit Gebhard studied art history and literature. As co-head of THE REAL OFFICE, a production office for visual and performing arts headquartered in Stuttgart and Salzburg, she works as a producer, curator, author, and project coordinator. www.realofficers.net

Laura Laabs is a director and author working in the fields of film, theater, and audio drama; she splits her time between Berlin and Bad Kleinen. Laabs is a co-founder of the feminist collective r.O.K.S., which creates filmed reinterpretations of  the German literary canon from the viewpoint of its minor female characters.

Mithu Sanyal was born in Dusseldorf and is a cultural scientist, author, journalist, and critic. Her non-fiction books include Vulva. Das unsichtbare Geschlecht (2009) and Vergewaltigung. Aspekte eines Verbrechens (2016). Her first novel, Identitti, will be published in 2021 by Hanser. www.sanyal.de

Levin Stadler studied communications design at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. He has been performing internationally as a solo musician under the name Levin goes lightly since 2014 and in a band with Paul Schwarz and Thomas Zehnle since 2017. He is also a freelance communications designer. www.levinstadler.de

A Project by Justyna Koeke und Mimosa Pale
Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland
In cooperation with zeitraumexit e.V.,
BodyLeaks – Festival for Female Empowerment & Interconnection and The Real Office