no pronoun

a study of/with three pronouns

it started with the "she" between 2019 and 2021: the "she" was the more-than-one person who arises from the fact that their ("my") creativity affects another ("her"). Therefore the "she" is not one's identity, but "her" relation to oneself as more-than-one.
From 2022 no pronoun became the title of different sketches and declarations of intent for a film dedicated to pronouns as relational entities – where and when the "me" depends from "her", or the "we" is born in real, between concrete persons –: a film based on performative interaction, teaching and learning, negotiation, translation and transfer.

still from no pronoun – a study (ANI, HIYA) 2024
still from no pronoun – a study (ANI, HIYA) 2024

The current status of the study focuses on relational subjects such as: the fascination for creativity ("she"), the desire to learn from you ("we") and the necessity of overcoming vulnerability ("me") and, of course, the – possibly hurtful – question of identity. The "me" in particular intends to express a position precisely where/when it rejects negating and affirming attributions of identity, in a transitory form of identity deficit, a possible invulnerability.

still from no pronoun – a study (WE) 2024

As performers for no pronoun – a study (ANI HIYA WE) acted Hans Diernberger, Alma El Bendary, Guillermo Heinze, Nadine Karl, Valeria Risi, Anne Schöne, Anne Schülke, Franziska Windisch. For inspiration and support the study credits Adina Bar-On, Katharina Ochsendorf from Wi.e.dersprechen, Wael El Bendary, Emil Brings, Petra Bossmann, Elena Franceschini, Matthias Neuenhofer, Stefan Schoenberg, Jan Steden, Stefan Rose, Margrit Miebach and Quartier am Hafen Cologne with c/o Q18 curator Anne Schülke.