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]
