WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT THAT SNOW FALLS
Performative Video-Choir-Sound-Installation by Matthias Schönijahn
What do female voices from eastern Ukraine reveal beyond words? The installation developed in 2021 searches for acoustic traces and the power of collective singing as a principle of survival. The voices, sounds and images from the Luhansk villages of Bilolutzk, Osinove and Horodyshche echo in the St. Elisabeth Church in Berlin. In this space, also torn apart by war, the chants are accompanied by the live performance of Berlin-based amateur singers exploring their own heritage and unique vocal expression. „Who’d have thought that snow falls“ explores the voice as a testament to joy and fragility, to human experience across generations and borders. Visitors are invited to pause in the immersive setting or take on different (listening) perspectives.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION Matthias Schönijahn CHOIR DIRECTION Paulina Miu Kühling SOUND DESIGN Martyna Poznańska DRAMATURGY Rose Beermann LIGHT DESIGN Maika Knoblich RESEARCH, CONSULTING Vlada Rusina
SINGERS Agnieszka Bułacik, Ewa Brokos, Claudia Eckstein, Mina Djordjević, Katharina Fischer, Agnieszka Kucharska, Natalia Latecka, Julia Legezynska, Joana Katarzyna Pietras, Ola Zielińska
Supported by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Hauptstadtkulturfonds 2021.