divina hysterika is a procedural artistic work cycle about two spectacular female* phenomena of the 19th century: the theater star Sarah Bernhardt and the stars of a clinic, the hysterikas.

Fin de siècle, Paris: Sarah Bernhardt, one of the first international stars ever, idolized worldwide for her neurotic playing style, gets her inspiration from the famous neurological clinic La Salpêtrière. There, chief physician Jean-Martin Charcot puts so-called “hysterics” on display. In his popular lectures he presents his hypnotized patients and their seizures. What's more: Charcot literally stages them. and all of Paris is watching.

divina hysterika examines this insane crossover of cultural and disease history in a multimedia and interdisciplinary manner using sound, photography, visual art, performance and film.

Her website documents the different steps of the work cycle. It is a mind map and collage in one and will constantly change and grow.

The project is made possible by the scholarships #takecare, #takeheart, initial and the process funding, supported by the performing arts fund and by the Academy of the Arts with funds from the federal government's commissioner for culture and media as part of Neustart Kultur.
See for art and photography in the link
https://divinahysterika.com/