ESTHER VORWERK

Esther Vorwerk [she/her] (*1988, Oldenburg, Germany) writes fictional and scenic texts and creates interactive installations, performances and workshops. In her work she critically engages with issues of body memory, gender, trauma and intersectional discrimination. A major concern of hers is to shape conditions for a more respectful and open communication in the context of discrimination and illness. She investigates her own family history and how the narratives of Nazi Germany are still present today.

Esther Vorwerk studied acting at Mozarteum Salzburg. With Markus Wulf she’s writing the first season of a series for Network Movie Köln and a screenplay for Wüste Film GmbH Hamburg. She forms the artist duos Weather Forecast with Martian M. Mächler and Alaska - Studio for Feelings with Sophie Khan. She received a founder grant from the DesignFarm Berlin and researched the topic of violence against queer FLINTA as part of the flausen+ scholarship.

Her works have been shown in several countries like Austria, Germany, Israel, Switzerland and the USA at venues such as Kaserne Basel (CH), 2727 California Street Berkely (USA), Ballhaus Ost Berlin (DEU), Heimathafen Neukölln Berlin (DEU), Kunstpunkt Berlin (DEU), Theater Labor Bielefeld (DEU), Theater Braunschweig (DEU), University of Jerusalem (ISR), Theater Laboratorium Oldenburg (DEU), Kunstmuseum Luzern (CH), Salzburger Festspiele (AU) and others.

She lives in Berlin and Bern, loves swimming, reading and eating Pommes and secretly always wanted to be a dancer.

Artist Statement
Tired, angry, slow. Unlearning Nazi narratives. Learning to listen