Julia Geröcs (*1978, HU) Zürich

Julia Geröcs addresses hidden and widely tabooed emotions in her performances and here presents a video work entitled Das Exchange Programm (2015). In four short episodes, four women recall a journey they took in as part of a cultural exchange at the end of a university semester. They talk about their encounters with Buddhist monks as well as their own behaviour in light of the cultural differences. The work succeeds in creating an intelligent and precise interplay between text, the actor’s stylised sequence of movements and the interaction with textile props. Above all, the sharpness and quality of the texts were impressive, perfectly highlighting the theme of institutionalised, intercultural encounters from four subjective perspectives.