Liina Magnea

Do we expect a collapse even when everything appears fine? Do we still cling to hope in the midst of catastrophe? Liina Magnea tells of our futile efforts to keep a lucid mind in a crumbling world. Swinging between quiet dread and absurd optimism, her show confronts the turbulent emotional architecture of our lives and inhabits the contradictions of the current remilitarization of Europe: hope as distraction, fear as common sense, and political language as theater. Blending original music, spoken word, and stage imagery, Magnea invites the audience into a choreographed crisis that is both disturbingly familiar and strangely seductive.

Liina Magnea (1991, Berlin, Germany) is an artist working with music, movement, film dramaturgy, and internet culture to create dynamic, shape-shifting performances. Driven by the idea of an immaterial Gesamtkunstwerk, her work has been presented at institutions such as Volksbühne, Berlin; Zodiak, Helsinki; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; and Sophiensæle, Berlin. Magnea also performs and composes for other artists, offers vocal coaching, and supports individuals in addiction recovery. She lives in Berlin.