Without metabolism there is no life, without weaving there is no society. Artist family deufert&plischke and Finnish artist Johanna Tuukkanen work together to create transitions from skin to skin, fabric to landscape, body to history. For the performance and exhibition »Stoffwechsel«, they have organically interwoven images, texts, colours and sounds. In this way, living textile landscapes draw their threads from the Finnish island of Hailuoto to the spinnereischwelm.

Artists: Kattrin Deufert, Moritz Deufert, Simon Deufert, Thomas Plischke, Johanna Tuukkanen, Pekka Mäkinen, Li Heng Kuo. Team: Lena Berger, Philipp Czychon, Nilüfer Kemper.

Friday 8.12.2023 7 pm Opening of the exhibition and performance “Stoffwechsel“
Saturday 9.12.2023 5 pm Exhibition and performance “Stoffwechsel“
11.12.2023 – 25.1.2024 daily from 4  – 8 pm Video installation “Stoffwechsel” (in the shop window)
Friday 26.01.2024 from 7 pmFinal opening & Culture Club
As part of the exhibition “Stoffwechsel”, two three-hour workshops will take place on the subject of body and archive. Together with the participants, deufert&plischke will examine the omnipresent self-image of functional body concepts in dance and contrast it with the social complexity of cultural and personal imprints on memories, clothing, food, gender roles and more. The workshop will be held in German and English and is aimed at professional performers, dancers and choreographers as well as students of the performing arts.
The workshop is free of charge. Registration via:  info@spinnereischwelm.net
Workshop dates: 
Friday, 12.01.24 6 – 9 pm
Friday, 19.01.2024 6 – 9 pm

At spinnereischwelm, Römerstr. 7, 58332 Schwelm, Germany

Funded by the Kunststiftung NRW and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the 2023-25 conceptual funding programme. With the support of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the City of Schwelm. Performances 2024 in Kuopio are co-produced by: ITAK Regional Dance Centre of Eastern Finland.