11.09.2026—12.09.2026
ILLUSIONS_bones&keys
Performance · Installation
by July Weber
by July Weber
Venue:
Uferstudios 14
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Duration approx. 180 - 360 Min
Free entry. First come, first served.
Open continuously during the announced hours. Visitors may enter and exit freely throughout the performance.
Free entry. First come, first served.
Open continuously during the announced hours. Visitors may enter and exit freely throughout the performance.
Description
ILLUSIONS_ bones and keys continues an ongoing series of expansive, immersive, and site-specific installations made up of sculptures, instruments, and stage lighting. Here, collision is embraced as a potentially generative moment — one that opens up new perspectives and unpredictable compositions. Metal sculptures clink against each other, bones scratch the floor, wind machines set rotating electric guitars in motion — resulting in a shifting sculptural concert, a layered cacophony of sound and light. At its core, the installation explores beauty, theatricality, and spectacle, appearing both inviting and eerily unsettling. Audiences can observe this system of constant transformation from the outside, or step inside, walk through, and partly interact with its elements, shaping their movement and the resulting soundscape. Further, July Weber and invited guests will activate and expand the installation through concerts and performative interventions.
Accessibility, Content Note & Sensory Stimulations
The performance takes place in Studio 14, Studio 14 is almost at ground level. The entrance is via Studio 13, there is a slight gradient of 1.0% from the outside to the entrance of Studio 14. Studio 14 has 2 wheelchair spaces. The barrier-free toilet is located in the foyer of Studios 3, 4 and 5, which is about 6 meters across the courtyard. Folding chairs and beanbags will be offered for seating.
There will be moments of loud noises at times; earplugs are available at the entrance to Studio 14. Strobe lights and fog will be used at certain points during the installation. The upper part of the installation is accessible via steps and is therefore not wheelchair accessible.
The installation will be open continuously during the specified times. Visitors may enter and leave the studio at any time.
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
Further information on accessibility can be found on our website: https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/barrierefreiheit#
A Resting Room is available on the premises of Uferstudios, feel free to check-in with our evening staff about it.
There will be moments of loud noises at times; earplugs are available at the entrance to Studio 14. Strobe lights and fog will be used at certain points during the installation. The upper part of the installation is accessible via steps and is therefore not wheelchair accessible.
The installation will be open continuously during the specified times. Visitors may enter and leave the studio at any time.
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
Further information on accessibility can be found on our website: https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/barrierefreiheit#
A Resting Room is available on the premises of Uferstudios, feel free to check-in with our evening staff about it.
Credits
Concept/Installation/Performance/Costume: July Weber,
Light/Sound: Emilio Checa Cordero, Robotics: Salvador Marino
Supported by Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE.
Supported by Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE.
Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE is funded by the Senate Administration for Culture and Cultural Affairs of the State of Berlin.
Biographies
July Weber
July Weber is a choreographer, sculptor, and curator. July's work deals with spaces of interaction involving body, material, and movement, and is situated at the intersection of choreography and visual art. New materialist ideas around the deconstruction of power dynamics within subject-object relations are a driving force in their practice. July has received various residencies and grants, such as the Berlin Art Prize in 2015 and was invited to Tanzplattform in 2022. July founded NEW FEARS Gallery, which won the prize for best projects-pace in 2023.