Deep See
“OH-PE-RAAA!”, 8 - 10 pm

“OH-PE-RAAA!” is the next project within the continuous collaboration between Lisa W Carlson and Kirstin Burckhardt. Their book “Brutal with Love”, published at Vexer (Berlin/St. Gallen) in 2023, was shortlisted for the “Most beautiful book in 2024” by the Stiftung Buchkunst (Foundation for Book-Art) and they have performed and exhibited together at Errant Sound (Berlin), Kunstbad (Zürich), and Bacio (Bern).

“OH-PE-RAAA!” is a three-part performance that explores voice through their own interpretation of the opera genre. Building on their past work around the radical act of open conversation, they claim female voice as a shared, transformative practice. From subtle to grand gestures, the performers move through the 20-meter-high space of the former Kindl brewery—now the Café Babette within the contemporary art venue in Berlin. They activate the room’s sonic qualities—echoes, copper vessels, and tiled walls— enveloping the audience in the resonant interplay between Lisa and Kirstin. Drawing inspiration from opera’s unrestrained drama, they explore what it means to express outstanding, pervasive, rage—not as destruction, but as a powerful act of care, sensitivity, and resilience.

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Images right: Kirstin Burckhardt, Lisa W Carlson and Mario Asef