Presidential Speech. Until We Are Worth More Than Gold
documenta fifiteen: OFF-Biennale Budapest
18 June – 25 September 2022
In her performance Presidential Speech Until We Are Worth More Than Gold on the steps of the Fridericianum, Selma Selman, invited by the lumbung member OFF-Biennale Budapest, reads and performs .
In a combination of autobiography and surrealist poetry, she improvises an anti-dystopian presidential speech in the context of environmental destruction and rampant social inequality.
Selma Selman performing Presidential Speech Until We Are Worth More Than Gold, Fridericianum, Kassel, 2022
Photo by Victoria Tomaschko