Breaking Silence: On Limits, (In)Justice and Responsibility
with Malika Fankha, Oneka von Schrader, Emanuel Lerch & Asher Ó Gormáin, moderation: Stefanie Sourial
Following the second show of No Place Like Home, we invite you to join us for a discussion: Breaking Silence: On Limits, (In)Justice and Responsibility opens a dialogue about insufficient victim protection and asymmetrical power distribution in cases of sexualised violence within family systems. Together with the artists involved in the production and legal philosopher Emanuel Lerch, we will discuss artistic, political and personal approaches to responsibility and room for action.
Malika Fankha studied theatre in Zurich and contemporary dance at SEAD in Salzburg as well as at NYU Tisch and works as a dancer, poet and DJ. Mal is interested in subverting predictable narratives and carving out spaces for both precarious intimacy and campy melodrama. Their work unfolds structures and politics of desire by seeking softer weavings between sensation and sociality, by building an obstinate yet malleable matrix of connections. Mal’s previous collaborations include, among others, Tanzquartier Wien, brut Wien, WUK, ImPulsTanz, Wiener Festwochen, Tanzhaus Zürich, Südpol Luzern, Dampfzentrale Bern, Art Basel, Zentrum Paul Klee, Pianofabriek Brussels, workspacebrussels, Kaaitheater, CAMPO Ghent, BUDA Kortrijk, Cullberg Ballet Stockholm, Life Long Burning, Golden Days Copenhagen, Mladi Levi Ljubljana, Swissnex, Counterpulse San Francisco and Théâtre National du Luxembourg.
Oneka von Schrader (she/her) works a choreographer, performer, singer and advisor. She has worked with and for artists such as Veza Fernández, Tino Sehgal, Gosia Wdowik, Krõõt Juurak and Oleg Soulimenko. Her pieces have been shown at Bâtard Festival, Brussels, Les Urbaines, Lausanne, SPRING, Utrecht, and [8:tension]/ImPulsTanz, Vienna, amongst others. Together with her sister Daphne von Schrader, she forms the duo Schrader_Schrader that develops and performs experimental concert formats. In her studio at the Semmelweisklinik Centre for Art and Culture, she researches the interrelations of art, illness, anatomy and feminism through the lens of conceptual somatics and dreamwork. Oneka von Schrader studied choreography at SNDO in Amsterdam and shiatsu in Vienna.
Dr Emanuel Lerch wrote his dissertation as a university assistant at the Institute for Legal Philosophy at the University of Vienna on issues of privacy protection in the ECHR system and now works as a trainee solicitor specialising in family law in Vienna.
Asher Ó Gormáin is an Irish artist working across choreographic and visual art practices as a performance maker, dramaturge and lecturer. Her work engages closely with objects and materials, drawing out their performative agency to reveal the tactile, sensuous and existential dimensions of the “ordinary”, challenging anthropocentric perspectives. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in choreography from the Dartington College of Arts (2005), a diploma in dance from SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (2008) and an MA degree with honours in visual art (TransArts) from the Vienna University of Applied Art (2021). She has taught at the Angewandte Performance Lab (APL) in Vienna on a regular basis since 2021. In 2020, she established HOOD for Artist Parents. Her most recent work, mind numbing filthy finger potholes: a glossary of the paradox of boredom, premiered at brut Wien in 2024.
Stefanie Sourial realises their own pieces and stand-up shows, including PHARAO IN DRAG (2025), NEW ENDINGS (2023), CITY OF DIASPORA (2021), the COLONIAL COCKTAIL trilogy (2019–2020), FREAK – wo endet der Traum und wo beginnt das Trauma(2014–2015) and Difficulties You Might Get Being An Artist In Austria (2011). Since 2017, Stefanie Sourial has been part of the PCCC* – Politically Correct Comedy Club. From 2009 to 2015, they were in Katrina Daschner’s CLUB BURLESQUE BRUTAL. Since 2009, they have worked and performed with Vienna-based artists such as Malarina, Denice Bourbon, Katrina Daschner, Gin Müller, Veza Fernández, Nina Kusturica, Katharina Mückstein and Kurt Palm. In 2007, they graduated from the International School for Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Since 2016, they have taught performance art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Stefanie Sourial’s performances, which are anti-racist, queer and socio-critical, combine two types of narration: the historical and the personal – always with a focus on the political. www.stefaniesourial.com
Dates & Tickets
February 2026
Free admission
brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
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