Attempts of Togetherness

2025

A performance
With: Sweet & Tender Collaborations

Artistic creation and performance Jenny Beyer, Mariella Greil, Arvand Dashtaray, Tim Darbyshire, Tommy Noonan, Marko Milić, Lucie Eidenbenz, Miguel Mesa, Rosa Wernecke, Min Kyoung Lee, Hector Thami Manekehla, Pieter Ampe, Antonio Pedro Lopes, Ritó Natálio, Dennis Deter, Mia Habib Concept initiative Jenny Beyer Artistic production Pam Goroncy, Kerse Henky Press Hark Empen Artistic collaboration Mara Nitz / Annegret Schultze Sound collaboration Jetzmann Dramaturgical advice Anne Kersting, Igor Dobričić AwarenessKerse Henky Costume Gloria Brillowska, Charlotte Lichte Stage technology Marian Regdosz Lighting technology Henning Eggers Video technology Malwine Mangold-Volk Video documentation Helena Ratka

Are we in this together? In times of uncertainty, the question of togetherness is central. The performance installation Attempts of Togetherness is an initiative of Sweet & Tender Collaborations, a collective of international artists founded in 2006. Over the years they have organised gatherings in countries such as France, Portugal, Iran, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland. Now, after more than a decade, the artists from Sweet&Tender are reuniting in Hamburg at the invitation of Hamburg-based choreographer Jenny Beyer to explore new forms of collaboration. Attempts of Togetherness’ is a polyphonic gathering and an invitation to Kampnagel audiences to practice community in current times, creating a space to re-imagine how we relate, listen and discover ourselves in a movement of negotiation. Through four evenings of performative installations, these artists will translate their experiences into a collective narrative, questioning the intersections of their lives and their art. Visitors are invited to participate in this practice of being together – sharing space, time and vulnerability. Join us as we embrace the urgent need for connection in these unstable times

ATTEMPT OF TOGETHERNESS is a project by Sweet&Tender Collaborations. Initiated and produced by Jenny Beyer Productions in co-production with Mia Habib Productions and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, the Arts Council Norway and the Culture Moves Europe program of the European Union, implemented by the Goethe-Institut. This work has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.