BALLHAUS OST: Date of Performance

Is it possible to conceive a performance in which the absence of the performer, despite their physical non-presence, fulfils their role? What tasks and roles does a performer have in times of crisis, such as war and socio-political upheaval? How can an artist continue their artistic practice within the walls of a prison? The lecture performance The Date of Performance traces the history of performances staged by imprisoned artists in prisons in Iran between 1954 and 2024.


A production by Unread Archives in cooperation with and funded by Ballhaus Ost and Goethe-Institut in Exile.