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I Was the Reason You Are in the World, Johanna Maj Schmidt & Charlotte Ruppert & , 2020
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Foto: Kilian Schellbach

I WAS THE REASON YOU ARE IN THE WORLD

duo performance

Dressed in functional, comfortable everyday clothing and bearing large, light pink udders on our bellies, we interpret a song based on Kate Nash's 'Nicest Thing'. We perform it amidst drawings, paintings, and sculptures. The lyrical self literally finds her voice as she gives form to her romantic fantasies. Driven by the desire to be her beloved's one and only love object, she spirals into an increasingly authoritarian attitude.

© Johanna Maj Schmidt 2025

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