secret agency

The Bank of Burning Money, the Alibi Agency, the Casino of Tricks, the Assembly of Real and Other Pirates, the Black Bank, Women of the Seven Seas – secret agency produces situations and institutions that appear to be fictional but then nonetheless withstand the test of reality. The performances of secret agency create another reality rather than confirming the old world in critical gestures. They open escape routes from austerity and take you on a trip with the improbability drive. secret agency creates forums for unheard voices and explores the pleasures of future togetherness. secret agency is working anonymously, transdisciplinarily and internationally. It was founded to use artistic means and resources beyond the accumulation of individual fame. secret agency is an independent label, an open collective and a practical exercise in the „art of being many“.

Women of the Seven Seas: Lecture Performance, 2022

Maritime patriarchy is no joke. It is a history of war, colonialism and exploitation of people and natural resources. Is there - finally - a feminist movement about to appear at sea to unite against all that? The answer is: not yet. But maybe soon.  

In order to celebrate women working on, at and with the seas, secret agency founded the Women of the Seven Seas in 2020, asking: Is there a feminism of the seas?

In this lecture performance, secret agency will not only give a report of the current activities and experiences of the Women of the Seven Seas. Using live animation they will take you on a trip to the future: a time when sea levels will rise, and transgender hippies on rafts of trash will unite with the female seafarers‘ association of Nigeria to come to the rescue.

Concept/text/performance/set: geheimagentur / secret agency
Soundtrack: Lil Twills 
Funded by: Fonds Darstellende Künste
Premiere: Teatre LLiure, Barcelona, 18th Apr 2022