In No Applause until I say so ;), Charlotte Rohde (Aix-La-Chapelle, Germany, 1992) explores the physical control and theatrical gestures that are necessary for a “good” performance. Thinking about female gymnasts at the Olympics, who have to be top athletes but also wear stage makeup; thinking about Lady Gaga, who performed for three months with a broken hip; the pieces speak about female performance versus performing femininity. Part of the presentation are YouTube tutorials explaining how to create bodies out of one’s own body, giving tips and tricks on how to deal with raw material. Somewhere between mainstream internet culture, hydrofeminism, and craft, No Applause until I say so ;) depicts a highly personal longing for unconditional intimacy, never-ending applause and ultimate (self-)control. —————————————————————————————— Andrea González Gárran (Madrid, Spain, 1990) and Charlotte Rohde (Aix-La-Chapelle, Germany, 1992) discovered sourdough bread as a medium of communication, a body between their bodies, a space where to come together. For them, bread is a way to shape a blurred, entangled story that might have been part of a dream, a line of a fiction, a whispered gossip, an overlooked Instagram-Story or a flashy memory from long-lost misty nights. It also speaks to the quirks of the group, love between friends, glimmering screens in a dark room, long bus rides, car trips, overflowing wine glasses and lots of salty tears. For Please Use Our Hands, the visitor is invited to pick a bread that they feel closest to.