BURLUNGIS

A black line drawing on a white background by Andres Aragoneses, featuring the silhouettes of two heads, facing one another closely. The silhouette in the foreground is decorated with wavy lines, positioned with its mouth close to the ear of the silhouette in the background, which is decorated with dots around where the voice of the front head might be whispering or breathing.

What’s always among us: A letter to the dance floor

“Let’s face it. We’re undone by each other. And if we’re not, we’re missing something. This seems so clearly the case with grief, but it can be so only because…

A 15th century depiction of Ivar and his brother Ubba sailing to England. Ivar and Ubba stand in the front of the ship each wearing armor, a weapon resembling a spear and a crown. They are surrounded by multiple people also wearing armor and holding up weapons. The waves and clouds that surround the ship indicate a stormy sea.

Ivar’s Sea

The feeling of mud on Ivar’s feet was one of his favorites. When he was still a small child, the most thrilling sensation was the touch of water and earth on his thin skin.

The photo shows an exhibition view of Burlungis from outside. The double doors of the gallery space Galerie im Turm are wide open. Above, the gallery name is lettered in metal on the stone wall. The stage installation by Irene Fernandez Arcas is visible inside.

BURLUNGIS – the photos

Aye, aye! The gates of BURLUNGIS, our medieval universe and the landscape of our discursive program has closed. Surrounded by mist and mud, it all began as a stage for…

A triptych of three drawings by Hildegard von Bingen with an abstracted red, pink and blue retina laid over top.

A Body Turned Inside Out

Wounds and orifices are ruptures, openings, portals – bodily zones where our porousness is made gapingly clear. Contents pour in and out of them, entering and exiting for a range…

A black pen line drawing of two women embracing with halos behind their head, in a medieval style. The drawing is superimposed over two skin body parts with light skin pressing against one another horizontally, perhaps arms and torso or legs.

Daughters of Eve: Sex and Sex Work in Medieval Times

They passed each other in silence. Silence was mandatory in the cold stone corridors of the House. What went on behind closed doors however, such as the heavy oak ones…

A black and white photograph of two people wearing work jumpsuits. One is standing and holding a bottle of sparkling wine, while the other is reaching for it from the right side of the frame. Neither person's head is visible. The table between is laid with food and dirty plates. They are outside in a grassy, possibly forest area.

A Party in 937 A.D.: The Excerpt

Text and Lettering by Fjóla Gautadóttir Header Image by Jonatan Bak Fjóla Gautadóttir is an Icelandic performer, sound designer, writer and DJ who lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from the…

A collage-style image of a person draped in fabric, offering a fish to a cat holding a detatched penis or dildo in its mouth. The cat and person are white outlines with fine details; the darker areas are see through. In the background, a pink tree with yellow penises in it is on a red, hand-colored textured background. The background behind that is black.

Xenoestrogens and the Penis Tree

The Malleus Maleficarum, while claiming to only “adduce actual facts and examples which have been found by us, or have been written by others,” shows evidence of collections of male reproductive organs kept captive by witches in boxes and birds’ nests.