The Casting: Who was Bertha Pappenheim?
The Tracking the Traffic project invited the citizens of Frankfurt to attend a live casting and slip into the role of Bertha Pappenheim. The casting turned the spotlight on this multi-talented Jewish activist, translator, manager, writer, chairwoman, politician, bridge-builder, patient, women’s rights campaigner, educationalist, social worker, agitator, lobbyist, teacher, traveler, founder, and grand dame
La Manifestation
The art happening "La Manifestation" unfolded on the streets of downtown Frankfurt in order to put the Fourteen Rules of Life, penned in 1928 by the multi-talented Jewish social reformer and political activist Bertha Pappenheim, (1859–1936) back in the public eye.
Die Vision
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017, a 20-minute audio installation "Die Vision" was played over four loudspeakers in front of the Historical Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
Call Out
"Call Out" was (as its name suggests) a public request launched via social media on Women’s Day 2017. The idea was to compile the names of writers, politicians, scientists, activists,
Streetwise
"Streetwise" put the situation of homeless women in the public eye and so forged a connection with Bertha Pappenheim’s own commitment to helping women in precarious situations.