Memory Distortion. M I X T A P E

Nicoleta Esinencu & teatru-spălătorie

Amid the static of cassette tapes and rediscovered voices, a polyphonic performance emerges about memory as a contested space. The teatru-spălătorie collective weaves together sound, history, and politics into a haunting collage about what remains – and what is erased.Nicoleta Esinencu, who has recently been awarded the prestigious ITI Prize, returns to HAU with her collective teatru-spălătorie from Chișinău. The starting point for “Memory Distortion. M I X T A P E” are audio tracks that were initially erased, recorded over, and rediscovered – cassettes containing voices and fragments – in which personal and political history overlap. From these traces, teatru-spălătorie develops a polyphonic, musical and performative collage about distorted memory, the political rewriting of history, and the question of what remains audible of the past.Who gets to decide what to record, what to keep and what to forget? Individual biographies intertwine with fascism, war, migration, neoliberal transformation and exploitation. Memory appears not as a reliable archive, but as a contested space, marked by omissions, ideological frameworks and deliberate rewriting. Through musical loops, repetitions and breaks, past and present shift into one another. In the process, neo-colonial and power-political dynamics within Europe become visible. With the sharpness, humour and political urgency typical of the collective, an evening emerges exploring how memory becomes a battleground.

100 mins.

Artists/Collaborators: Nicoleta Esinencu (Von), Artiom Zavadovsky (Von), Doriana Talmazan (Von), Kira Semionov (Von), Nora Dorogan (Von), David Egger (Video), Artiom Zavadovsky (Übersetzung), Ciprian Marinescu (Übersetzung), Cornelia Winkler (Übersetzung), Artiom Zavadovsky (Performance), Doriana Talmazan (Performance), Kira Semionov (Performance)

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• Date Wednesday, 10/June/2026 19:00 (1 more date)
• Venue Hebbel am Ufer - HAU2
• Address Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
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