‘Self-Character-Act’

20 min live-performance

“..Good evening, my name is Dr. Stainberg and I’m very excited to be here today!! This is my fifth time here. And I’m going to try, and hopefully succeed this time, to liberate some of your cultural behavior tendencies from their tyranny..”

In a live monologue, Anat Stainberg introduces her alter ego character, the social researcher Dr. Stainberg who talks about self-presentation technics, power games, body language and how to actually empower people, or manipulate them, today.

self-character-act was performed in Festival Legeartis Lech 2014. In Im Ersten Gallery Vienna, as part of the Fleisch magazine anniversary events 2014. In school in Vienna as part of the ‘performative screenings’ series 2015. In the Rihz Vienna, as part of the ‘Der Bloede Dritte Mittwoch #39’ performance evening 2015. In brut Wien as part of the SO WEIT SO BRUT events, 2015 and as part of the performative installations VERTEX in WUK Vienna. Invitation of the upper Austrian band FUCKHEAD 2017.

pictures by Yasmina Haddad