THINKING PLURIMI

14.02.2026 / 14:00 – 15:00

14.02.2026 / 2:00–3:00 pm / Kunsthaus Dahlem

In the performance Thinking Plurimi, three Ukrainian artists engage with the artistically embodied experience of Emilio Vedova between 1963 and 1965 in Berlin. At that time, Vedova was staying in the building that is now the Kunsthaus Dahlem as part of the Artist-in-Residence Program (later the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program) founded by the Ford Foundation. Today, Dayana Mankovska, Viktoria Yerchyk, and Olena Shykina reinterpret his experience through bodily (dance) and musical forms in that very location. They explore how the historical context of Berlin and the architecture of the studio influenced Vedova, while also examining how the present-day context shapes their own actions here.

The performance’s title refers to the concept that Vedova was actively developing during that period: Plurimi – multi-panel abstract works unfolding into space at different angles. The neologism, specifically coined for this series and meaning “more than plural,” may represent the multiplicity of social energies and moods, as well as a fractured understanding of the world as a coherent whole.

Thinking Plurimi consists of two parts, probing the boundaries between freedom and conflict. It is divided into phases of “suppression” and “liberation,” while simultaneously showing the impossibility of clearly separating these states within some historical and political circumstances.

The music draws on the approaches of the Italian avant-garde composer Luigi Nono, who collaborated with Vedova, as they shared a similar artistic vision. It is also based on an analysis of the “soundscape” of Berlin in 1963–1965 – through engagement with news archives – as well as on experiments in translating the vocal intonations of Emilio Vedova into sound using neural network technologies.

Kunsthaus Dahlem, Käuzchensteig 8-12, 14195 Berlin
Free admission as part of the exhibition EMILIO VEDOVA – More than Movement for Its Own Sake (tickets 6 EUR)

Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service with funds from the Federal Foreign Office
In cooperation with Part.ua