To the Rottenness I Say You Are My Father. And to the Worms my Sister and my Brother.

In connection with Melike Kara’s exhibition at the Kunsthaus Hamburg, artist Toni Ehrhardt will present a performance that approaches archaeology and history as fluid, inherently speculative narratives. He weaves together scientific insights into animal communication with the imaginings of a prehistoric civilisation, thereby questioning established hierarchies between humans and animals. Fire serves as a central element of transformation, one that both destroys and connects. In the subtle gestures of the three performers, history will appear not as something that has concluded, but as something that continues to unfold: in images, bodies, and narratives that reach into the present where they are constantly being reshaped.

In his multimedia works, Toni Ehrhardt (b. 1990, Eisenach, DE) explores the symbiotic relationships between humans and the non-human environment. With the timespan of his work ranging from the distant future to speculative pasts, he takes a critical approach to the nature-human construct and processes his research through performances, paintings, and installations. Ehrhardt works in Bremen and Berlin.