after our @islandsinviolence protest-event was canceled by Tennis Bar we found a new space last minute: @kwia.berlin <3 super excited for this line up!!

Posted on November 30, 2023 06:11 PM

got a lot of messages asking for translation of the lyrics, so here you go 🔥

Posted on November 20, 2023 08:11 PM

Here’s a video of my performance at Interfilm’s “Sound & Vision” program - the event’s concept is for musicians to score a film without knowing the original audio and perform it live at Volksbühne (18th November 2023). I chose the film “Loop-Hole” by Ji-Sian Wang. Since so many people asked, what exactly happened, here’s my perspective of things: I only played a short loop without lyrics during soundcheck, so no one knew what was coming. During the performance (shortly after the lyrics use the word “apartheid state”) the projection stopped - even though it’s an abstract film, it’s pretty clear the movie wasn’t over, and no credits were visible. Us musicians had our own video monitor on stage, since we’re not facing the projection - at some point I noticed the monitor had stopped playing, but assumed a technical issue on just that monitor, since the lights in the room stayed out. Later I noticed that the projection had stopped as well. I was confused but was also trying to stay focused on performing. The audience was very vocal, cheering, applauding throughout the performance. About a min after the film stopped, the lights came on and I kept playing. Since there was no intervention by the moderator up till now - for example saying “sorry, there was a technical issue, we’ll restart the film” - I started assuming the projectionist or venue didn’t agree with my messages. Then the moderator came on stage saying “thank you, Brenda”. This irritated me: he knows the films and we all got a minute-by-minute, detailed plan of the event - he must know the film was cut short? In this context my suspicions about censorship started. When I kept playing, he said to me (not into the mic), that the film is over. I said no, it’s not. Then I yelled into the audience “noch zwei Minuten” (two more minutes). Then the moderator switches and says into the mic “something happened to the film”. Someone in the audience yells “censorship”. The moderator continues to try to make me stop the film, but when I refuse repeatedly, he says “we can start the film again”, more than two minutes after the film was cut off. I don’t remember what I said on stage, but… (>> text continues in comments)

Posted on November 20, 2023 05:11 PM

next gig: 18th November @volksbuehne_berlin 💘 for the "Sound & Vision" program @interfilm_berlin ::: Eight highly diverse music acts performing new compositions to visually arresting films: live at the Volksbühne! These musicians have yet to hear the original soundtracks for the films that were specifically selected from the current festival program, so as not to influence their own creative connection to the works during the composition process. 8 films accompanied by 8 acts with a total of 15 musicians, in a tight and intense live show with phenomenal sound and the epic screen at the Volksbühne. Afterwards, the audience is invited to party into the night at the Grand Festival Party at the Unterfilm Clubkino from 11 pm. Everyone's welcome! The Musicians: Durchgangszimmer with "long time no techno" Bambi&Ente with "歇" Robert Kretzschmar with "PLOPP" Koob with "Astrogolem" Katalog with "Nyugvó köd" SOMMERFELD with "Lost at Sea" Brenda Lien with "Loop-Hole" Mara v. Franqué, Josip Duvnjak, Luis Schoeffend with "Think Something Nice" ... can't believe I'll perform in this theater!! omg, I'm so thankful 😇

Posted on November 13, 2023 11:11 PM

@nordicfilmdays invited me to perform at their award ceremony in Lübeck (4th November 2023). I wanted to use the stage to raise some awareness, and attempted to write a „protest“ song - bc playing something fun with at least 3 genocides going on atm, doesn´t fit my job description as an artist. Obviously, music isn´t going to save the world and nothing feels radical / pointed enough, given the current crisis. We need to do whatever´s within our capacity to help the movement 🌻 go to demos, sign petitions, educate yourself & others, have difficult conversations with friends / family / collegues, fight misinformation, donate, strike, organize. It´s important we don´t give in to the feeling of powerlessness and fatigue. Listening to artists like M.I.A. has helped me turn sadness & overwhelm into anger, and stay energized for action. Next demo in Berlin: today / 17h / Pariser Platz (will share more info via stories) „Never again“ means: never again, for ANYONE! Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Stop the Genocide. Ceasefire NOW!!

Posted on November 10, 2023 09:11 PM

had so much fun playing @kumpelnest_3000 for Glamorama 🎉 — thanks for inviting me @jellinekgyorgy 🌞 💛

Posted on October 08, 2023 03:10 AM

hypergabberghostpopcore jam session with cuties @r34lhum4np3r50n & @june_p___ at @accgalerieweimar - filmed in @cra19xyz and Miel´s breathtaking exhibition „4ll 0v3r th3 pl4c3“ <3

Posted on September 29, 2023 10:09 AM

ca. 2011, always on the lookout 🌚

Posted on September 27, 2023 05:09 PM

watch my most hated and misunderstood film (according to @letterboxd critics) in Lübeck this Friday: CALL OF CUTENESS …. screening alongside their siblings CALL OF BEAUTY and CALL OF COMFORT and their youngest sister FIRST WORK, THEN PLAY. They grow up so fast! :P fun fact: I made CUTENESS in 2016 while in a 4 year dv relationship. He said I should never release this film and be ashamed of myself for making it. I was so scared and decided to never let it see the light of day…. until I found out my dear professor Rotraut Pape (RIP <3) had secretly sent it to Berlinale. In hindsight this film might have deeper psychological themes, than I knew back then or that I was to afraid to express with words. Anyways: Lübeck… come to my screening this Friday, 20h @kinokoki - I´ll be addressing all the issues those Letterboxd reviewers had :D

Posted on September 26, 2023 03:09 PM

love this portrait @nicolasgebbe made of me 🦄 I feel seen.

Posted on September 26, 2023 03:09 PM

grand graduation show for all the Corona-graduates @hfg_offenbach opening Friday this week - happy to screen *First Work, Then Play* in Offenbach, where it was shot right before the pandemic started.... can´t believe it´s been 3 years! 🥺 📌 Geschäftsgebäude Frankfurter Straße 17–21, Offenbach Im 3. & 4. OG   entrance via Hugenottenplatz opening: 26.05.2023, 19-21h duration: 27.05. - 04.06.2023 / Fr-So 14-18h

Posted on May 25, 2023 11:05 AM

@kathrinhunze made some digital merch for our band project *S01E05 Sculpture* >> will be released tonight, as we perform @panke.gallery ´s 4x4 random band generator festival...... our slot is at 20:30h, so come early, stay late ;)) 🔜 #ambientgabberbraintraining #maximumhydration #ARdiscofilters #4x4 #Endstargram #digitalmerch #S01E05Sculpture @panke.gallery @lucie_van_freynhagen @mediengruppe_bitnik #sakrowski

Posted on April 29, 2023 07:04 PM