Salma Said & Miriam Coretta Schulte – Court Fantasies

What are the alternatives to the existing systems of asylum? How can we challenge the division of people into “deserving” and “not deserving”? Which roads will we take to achieve freedom of movement around the world for everyone equally? What does it feel like to live in this new world? Where would you imagine yourself in it? In Court Fantasies, Salma and Miriam approach issues surrounding asylum with a critical mind and ear. They use imagination as a tool to shake rigid, seemingly unchangeable legal systems. They attempt to bridge between art and law, while following the fantastical work of activists that are already changing the future.

Salma and Miriam are hosting an evening of communal hearing and remembering. They move through space and time in alternating roles, accompanied by the sound body of musician Aram Abbas. Together with their team, they are inviting audience to a collective listening experience:

Here we are, in 2099, and still, every person on Earth enjoys the right to freedom of movement. Tonight, an assembly takes place, in order to recall how we achieved this freedom and commemorate what we lost on the way. We want to thank you for the continuous energy in the last decades, and that we all were able to trust in these brave dreams. As we are now facing new threats, we gather to witness encounters, interviews, and hearings that help us to combine our forces for the coming resistance.
We will be expecting you with love for archives and passion for fight – Yours, Salma and Miriam