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In "History in the Making or The Secret Diaries of Linda Schultz," Israeli visual artist Keren Cytter’s first evening-length theatrical production, the artist combines dance, video, and music to tell the story of liberal activist John Webber and graphic designer Linda Schultz, who are each unexpectedly transformed into the opposite sex in a performance that uses the artist’s trademark “kitchen-sink existentialism” to wittily address the frustrations and confines of social roles.

Cytter’s first evening-length theatrical production combines dance, video, and music to tell the story of liberal activist John Webber and graphic designer Linda Schultz, who are each unexpectedly transformed into the opposite sex in a performance that uses the artist’s trademark “kitchen-sink existentialism” to wittily address the frustrations and confines of social roles.

Keren Cytter’s (Tel Aviv, 1977) prolific artistic practice has gained an outstanding international recognitionin the past few years. Since completing her post graduate studies in the studio program de Ateliers in Amsterdam, Cytter held solo presentations at the Lyon Biennial (2007), Galleria d‘Arte Moderna eContemporanea, Bergamo (2006), Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich (2005), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt amMain (2005), Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam (2004). Cytter is also the author of the novels: The Sunset of Yesterday (Shadurian, Tel Aviv, 2003) and The Man Who Climbed Up the Stairs of Life and Found Out They Were Cinema Seats (Lukas & Sternberg NY-Berlin, 2005). Cytter was awarded the Baloise Art Prize at the “ArtStatements” sector of Art 37 Basel.

A Performa Premiere presented by Performa and The Kitchen. Commissioned by If I Can’t Dance, I Don t Want to be Part of Your Revolution. Co-produced by Hebbel am Ufer, If I Can’t Dance…, Performa, and Tate Modern. Supported by Artis and The Consulate General of Israel.