




Strike Gently Away, Foto: Maximilan Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Fotos Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
WITCHING THE UNSPOKEN
Performance Act by Vala T. Foltyn, Curated by The Real Office
Villa Berg Park Stuttgart
August 7, 2021
The notions of magic and poetry will serve as an entry point to rethink space, time, and body – the fundamentals of the practice of choreography and witchcraft. Open gardens of Villa Berg will shapeshift for this occasion as the voices of the past will be raised.The event has an open form that aims to converse with the past and bring the unheard voices to contemporary discourse. For this occasion it creates small dances and witch stories that are reenacted from Vala’s archives that include ghosts, spirits, dreams, hallucinations, and also non-human creatures.
“Witching the Unspoken” is the research that tackles the idea of queering the archives as an attempt to reclaim and redefine the relationships of power and knowledge. In this process the artist is analysing the archives by tracing the invisible, hidden, and lost. It analyses and queers the remains of a century old villa located in Kraków, Poland. Since its foundation in 1907, the villa has been a site of cultural activity and an important reference for the local community of the city, as testified in its archives. This place has also been home for a queer art community (Lamella the house of queer arts) for several years until the eviction in 2018.
Vala is a poetic choreographer, performance maker, physical thinker, improvising artist, as well as community leader, art curator, host and producer based in Krakow, Poland. Vala moved to Copenhagen in 2019, currently enrolled at Malmö Art Academy. valatanz.com/valatanz
Supported by Kulturamt der Stadt Stuttgart, in cooperation with Kunstverein Gästezimmer and Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Performance Act by Vala T. Foltyn
Curated by The Real Office
August 7, 2021, 3pm
Villa Berg–Park, Westwiese
Stuttgart





Strike Gently Away, Foto: Maximilan Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Fotos Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
Strike Gently Away I, Photo: Maximilian Lehner
WITCHING THE UNSPOKEN
Performance Act by Vala T. Foltyn, Curated by The Real Office
Villa Berg Park Stuttgart
August 7, 2021
The notions of magic and poetry will serve as an entry point to rethink space, time, and body – the fundamentals of the practice of choreography and witchcraft. Open gardens of Villa Berg will shapeshift for this occasion as the voices of the past will be raised.The event has an open form that aims to converse with the past and bring the unheard voices to contemporary discourse. For this occasion it creates small dances and witch stories that are reenacted from Vala’s archives that include ghosts, spirits, dreams, hallucinations, and also non-human creatures.
“Witching the Unspoken” is the research that tackles the idea of queering the archives as an attempt to reclaim and redefine the relationships of power and knowledge. In this process the artist is analysing the archives by tracing the invisible, hidden, and lost. It analyses and queers the remains of a century old villa located in Kraków, Poland. Since its foundation in 1907, the villa has been a site of cultural activity and an important reference for the local community of the city, as testified in its archives. This place has also been home for a queer art community (Lamella the house of queer arts) for several years until the eviction in 2018.
Vala is a poetic choreographer, performance maker, physical thinker, improvising artist, as well as community leader, art curator, host and producer based in Krakow, Poland. Vala moved to Copenhagen in 2019, currently enrolled at Malmö Art Academy. valatanz.com/valatanz
Supported by Kulturamt der Stadt Stuttgart, in cooperation with Kunstverein Gästezimmer and Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Performance Act by Vala T. Foltyn
Curated by The Real Office
August 7, 2021, 3pm
Villa Berg–Park, Westwiese
Stuttgart
THE REAL OFFICE
KUNST + REALITÄT
is a curatorial team and production office operating between Stuttgart and Vienna. →About
Curating
Als kuratorisches Team gestalteten wir spartenübergreifende Gruppenausstellungen und Performanceprogramme. Die Formate und Konstellationen reichen von selbst initiierten Projekten in Leerständen wie STRIKE GENTLY AWAY, eine Ausstellung mit internationalen Künstler*innen in Salzburg und Stuttgart, über von Institutionen beauftragten Veranstaltungen wie I’M EVERY WOMAN, ein Performanceabend zu feministischem Protest im Landesmuseum Württemberg, oder die Online-Ausstellung HARDWARE ALMOST FEELS REAL für die Gesellschaft für Informatik in Berlin.
As a curatorial team, we have designed several interdisciplinary group exhibitions and performance programs. The formats and constellations range from self-initiated projects in vacant spaces such as STRIKE GENTLY AWAY, an international group show with contemporary art in Salzburg and Stuttgart, to events commissioned by institutions such as the performance evening on feminist protest I'M EVERY WOMAN at the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart or the online exhibition HARDWARE ALMOST FEELS REAL for the German Informatics Society in Berlin.
Production
Als Produzent*innen begleiten wir Künstler*innen, freie Gruppen und Institutionen von ihrer ersten Idee bis zur Umsetzung. Wir unterstützen bei der Konzeption, Mittelakquise, dem Aufbau von Kooperationen, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bis hin zur konkreten Organisation. Wir sind in vielen Genres wie Performance, Musiktheater, Tanz, Theorie und Literatur tätig und können auf ein großes Netzwerk in diesen Bereichen sowie auf Pressevertreter*innen, Fotograf*innen und Unterstützung bei Technik und Design zurückgreifen.
As producers, we accompany artists, independent groups and institutions from their initial idea to its realization. We provide support with writing concepts, fundraising, developing collaborations, with public relations as well as organizing the project. We work in fields such as performance, music theatre, dance, theory, and literature and have access to a large network in these areas as well as journalists, photographers, technicians, and graphic designers.
Publications
THE REAL OFFICE verfasst Texte, ist redaktionell tätig und entwickelt Buch- bzw. Katalogprojekte zum Beispiel mit den Künstlerinnen Justyna Koeke oder Gabriela Oberkofler. Neben Printprodukten erarbeiten wir auch die Konzeption und Umsetzung von digitalen Magazin-Formaten oder Homepages sowie begleitende Texte zur Vermittlung von Ausstellungen.
THE REAL OFFICE writes texts, edits, and develops publications and catalogs, for example with the artists Justyna Koeke and Gabriela Oberkofler. In addition to print products, we conceive and create digital magazines or homepages as well as accompanying texts for exhibitions.
Teaching
THE REAL OFFICE unterrichtet und bietet Workshops zu angewandter Kulturwissenschaft an Universitäten, Hochschulen und für verschiedene Kulturinstitutionen an. Unser Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf Förderstrukturen freier Projektarbeit in der Kunst.
THE REAL OFFICE teaches and offers workshops in applied cultural studies at universities, colleges, and for various cultural institutions. Our main focus is on funding structures for independent projects in the arts.

The Real Office. Kunst+Realität
Birgit Gebhard & Maximilian Lehner
Innerer Nordbahnhof 2
70191 Stuttgart
Germany
The Real Office. Kunst+Realität
Birgit Gebhard & Maximilian Lehner
Innerer Nordbahnhof 2
70191 Stuttgart
Germany