Synopsis

Beer runs in our family, passed on like blood from body to body for 400 years. Its source—the Hebendanz brewery—is located 40 km from Nürnberg. I find myself retracing the tales of my paternal family. The video installation “das Bier in meinen Adern” acts as a catalog of local research, observations and questionings that entangles autobiographical experiences with the burden of a German heritage and the witch trials in Oberfranken. Confronted with the current rise of fascism and its alarming proximity to esotericism, I am researching what beer, witches and Nazis have to do with one another.

*this project is currently still in process. Updates soon!

Created by

ella hebendanz

Format

installation, reading

Media

metal frame, riso-printed papers, text, candles, beer bottle, performance, spoken word

Credits

Concept, research, writing, performance ella hebendanz

Text editing with Tamara Antonijevic, Pati Masłowska, pamela varela, Louise Trueheart

Metal construction with Helmuth Hahn

Special thanks to everyone of LAF class 2023-24, JP Raether, Tim Schütze, Familie Hebendanz

Presented at

2024, Jahresausstellung AdbK Nürnberg, DE