My documentary film RAW CHICKS.BERLIN is an introduction to eleven Berlin-based international female music producers in the field of electronic music – with highly diverse backgrounds and approaches to their field of art.
For instance RONA GEFFEN – she had the feeling that she could no longer evolve artistically in Israel, she could not bear the violence, the hatred and the despair over there. „Berlin was the most reasonable place to move to.“ About her work she explains in the film: „A lot of what I write is very political, but the sound is also a message.“
ELECTR°CUTE is a project of the native Polish artist Kasia Justka. She says about herself, „I’m in love with energy, electricity, power – and everyone needs electricity!“ She produces sounds with electricity and translates this process visually on stage. „I love sparks, when I put the sparks on, I’m totally electrified, it is powerful.“ She came from Warsaw to Berlin in order to learn – she appreciates the many possibilities the city offers to develop her art further, the artistic environment and the inspiration from her collegues.
Or SILNAYE – in her Spanish hometown she was the only woman who made music (computer music), except for a few that started to DJ. „There was no-one who had the same experiences. When I arrived (in Berlin) I had the feeling I was at home. Like a real connection between me and the city. Out of the music. Out of a feeling that you’re in a place that you need to be.“
In a sense my film RAW CHICKS.BERLIN is also a film about the possibilities that the creative melting pot offers, which pretty much sums up Berlin, attracting artists from all over the world and bringing them together for an exchange of ideas.
I, too, came to Berlin a few years ago, leaving my hometown Chemnitz in order to find new creative input. In 2012, I started working, together with my partner, at RAW Tempel Club, which at that time was a popular venue for electronic dance music in Friedrichshain. Nearly every evening there was an all-male line-up and we asked the club owner for the reason why. His answer was, „I know only a few female artists. But if you know any, let me know. I’ll help you with starting your own party.'
This was the start signal for our RAW CHICKS events. During the past four years it has developed into an experimental platform for international female DJs, live musicians and visual artists. Their passion and their rich diversity inspired me to start a series of filmic portraits of some of those musicians who had been live acts at RAW CHICKS parties.
Those eleven women featured in my documentary RAW CHICKS.BERLIN, are part of a much larger, vivid scene of female music producers who can be found regularly performing on Berlin's open air stages and in the city's clubs, concert halls, galleries and art spaces.
Musicians in Portrait:
ANNA BOLENA (Italy | Berlin)
ELECTR°CUTE / SINGING KITCHEN (Poland | Berlin)
ERCKLENTZ NEUMANN (Germany | Berlin)
KRITZKOM (France | Berlin)
KSEN. / TOMISLAV (Croatia | Berlin)
KYOKA (Japan | Berlin)
HITHERTOO (Czech Republic | Berlin)
MIMICOF / MIDORI HIRANO (Japan | Berlin)
RONA GEFFEN (Israel | Berlin)
SILNAYE (Spain | Berlin)
ZIÚR (Germany | Berlin)
Even more information to be found here:
on the facebook page of RAW CHICKS events:
https://www.facebook.com/raw.chicks
in the RAW CHICKS video channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/bkfilmsonline
in the soundcloud profile of RAW CHICKS events:
https://soundcloud.com/raw-chicks
on the facebook page of the film „RAW CHICKS.BERLIN“:
https://www.facebook.com/rawchicks.berlin
on director Beate Kunath’s website:
http://www.b-k-productions.de
you can reach Beate Kunath directly under her email address:
[email protected]
