{"id":72,"date":"2021-08-20T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T15:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.merle-thordis.com\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:53:55","slug":"performance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/performance","title":{"rendered":"Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light tw-lg-hidden tw-md-hidden tw-sm-hidden\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ccd0d2\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:55px\">Performance<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer tw-md-hidden tw-lg-hidden\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large tw-md-hidden tw-lg-hidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left tw-text-wide wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><br><br>An important aspect of Merle Thordis\u2019 artistic practice is the connection between music and movement\u2014the expression, the sound, the body. In Merle\u2019s performances, voice, rhythm, and space merge into vivid images that engage with both the personal and the political.<br><br>Merle performs regularly both solo and in groups, develops their own concepts, and composes pieces in which they engages with social and political themes.\n In doing so, they create works that transcend the boundaries between music, dance, and visual art \u2013 performances, installations, and video projects that pose questions, open up spaces, and make emotion tangible.'<br>Their projects led to collaborations with the REH Halle Berlin, the 48-Stunden Neuk\u00f6lln festival, and an artist residency in Sweden (RUD AIR). Their current work is titled \u201cWounds\u201d\u2014a project set to be released soon that once again explores the profound connection between sound, movement, and vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large tw-sm-hidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF8366-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-cbcdc57d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/kontakt\/\">Get in touch now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d8d8d8\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide\">Performance projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide tw-cols-card tw-cols-card-shadow tw-stretched-media is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00c9TUDE I\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4qbSLkMYSs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>\u00c9TUDE I<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:20px\">#NoHouseless<br>No house Less! \u2013 A gala in honor of all threatened left alternative project houses, initiatives, open spaces, trailer villages and clubs, Februar 2020<br><br>16.02.2020 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin<br>Concept\/ Music\/ Dance by Johanna Lucia, Sophia Sarmento, Merle Thordis<br><br>Performance by Sofia Sarmiento, Johanna Lucia and me.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deconditioning\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vinKLDrX68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Deconditioning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Extracts from a project of Merle Thordis<br>created in the context of the OpenCall Udk 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide tw-cols-card tw-cols-card-shadow tw-stretched-media is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:600px;flex-basis:600px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Art performance March 8th\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PBD8wXNAVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Art performance March 8th<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Gender equality in the art world is unfortunately still not a given, especially when it comes to power. Therefore, let's work together to overcome the inequalities in power structures, influence, work and merit.<br>Let's fight together against the underrepresentation and discrimination of FLINTA*\/Black and People of Color in the art world and ensure the dissolution of male dominance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ART IS BATTLE<br>ART IS LIFE<br>UNHINGING PATRIARCHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ein wichtiger Bestandteil von Merle Thordis k\u00fcnstlerischer Arbeit ist die Verbindung von Musik und Bewegung \u2013 der Ausdruck, der Klang, der K\u00f6rper. In Merles Performances verschmelzen Stimme, Rhythmus und Raum zu lebendigen Bildern, die sowohl das Pers\u00f6nliche als auch das Politische ber\u00fchren. Merle tritt regelm\u00e4\u00dfig solo und in Gruppen auf, entwickelt eigene Konzepte und komponiert&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/performance\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Performance<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tw-header-transparent-light.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}