{"id":49834,"date":"2026-05-04T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanien.de\/exhibitions\/ren-loren-britton-deixis-of-needs\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:44:44","slug":"ren-loren-britton-deixis-of-needs","status":"publish","type":"kb_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/bethanien.de\/en\/exhibitions\/ren-loren-britton-deixis-of-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren Loren Britton: Deixis &#038; Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if needs, rather than norms, shaped how we live together, form relationships and organize institutions? Ren Loren Britton\u2019s first institutional solo exhibition, <em>Deixis &amp; Needs<\/em>, combines sculptural objects, textiles and a sound work into an expansive, multi-sensory spatial installation.<\/p>\n<p>Helium-filled balloons float slowly through the air as you enter the exhibition space. Some hover just below the ceiling, while others drift lower into the room, reacting to drafts of air or the movements and touch of visitors. Some of the balloons are covered with fabric on which embroidered fragmentary body parts have been embroidered: eyes, hands, mouths, individual gestures or touches. In a playful way, they speak of closeness, intimacy, needs and embodiment.<\/p>\n<p>The balloons can be handled and held. In doing so, they become resonating bodies for a 10-minute sound piece that is played once every hour. Sound becomes a tactile experience through vibrations. This form of perception refers to the use of balloons by D\/deaf and heard-of-hearing people in order to physically feel music and different audio frequencies. The sound work is based on recordings by Ren Loren Britton\u2019s trans* voice training sessions \u2013 where they found and changed the resonance of their voice while transitioning. It consists of sounds, tones, repetitions and moments of searching for a different voice. Here, the voice does not appear as fixed, but as something malleable that can change collectively over time. The installation also changes throughout the exhibition, as the balloons gradually deflate, slowing altering their shape and position. Time is not concealed, but made visible, continually altering bodies, materials and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the exhibition refers to the linguistic concept of deixis, which concerns words such as \u201cI\u201d, \u201cyou\u201d, \u201chere\u201d, or \u201cnow\u201d, whose meaning changes depending on who is speaking and from what position. Drawing on discourses of disability justice as well as queer, trans* and crip perspectives, Ren Loren Britton shifts the focus from questions of inclusion and access towards needs \u2013 understood not as individual deficits or fixed categories, but as fluid, situational and relational: we all have needs that can change depending on time, context and relationships. Access and participation are therefore never fixed states, but collective and ongoing processes that must be renegotiated time and again.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its political dimension, <em>Deixis &amp; Needs<\/em> also creates a playful atmosphere. The balloons are reminiscent of celebrations, of moments of light-heartedness and fervor. It is precisely this playfulness that carries an element of resistance within it. Ableism, social norms and notions of functionality are not only critically examined here, but also challenged with relish and joy. At a time of increasing social polarisation and the rise right-wing violence, <em>Deixis &amp; Needs<\/em> creates a space for queer, crip, and trans* joy \u2013 for mutual care, interdependence and respectful forms of coexistence.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the exhibition did not begin with its opening. In the run-up to the event, a series of \u201cExhibition Doula Meetings\u201d took place \u2013 jointly moderated discussions with colleagues and friends from the worlds of art, culture and academia, who accompanied and reflected the creative process behind the works. Some of the participants contributed their own texts, thoughts and references to the reader, which expands on the exhibition and extends it into digital space.<\/p>\n<p>Text: Sylvia Sadzinski<\/p>\n<p><em>Deixis &amp; Needs<\/em> is the sixth chapter of the ongoing project <em>Becoming B<\/em> and is organized in collaboration with the feminist art space alpha nova &amp; galerie futura.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11.06.2026, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nExhibition opening<\/p>\n<p>20.06.2026, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nIn Conversation: Jack Halberstam, Ren Loren Britton and Sylvia Sadzinski<br \/>\nIn English Spoken Language and International Sign Language (ISL)<\/p>\n<p>09.07.2026, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nMulti-Sensory Listening Session with ezri_dax, Jingyun Li and Nguy\u1ec5n + Transitory<br \/>\nForms of access: tacile sound, listening, live audio description<\/p>\n<p>05.09.2026, 16 Uhr<br \/>\nOnline Crip Poetry Epilogue<br \/>\nin English Spoken Language and International Sign Language (ISL)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[108],"class_list":["post-49834","kb_exhibition","type-kb_exhibition","status-publish","hentry","category-becoming-b-en"],"acf":{"article_image":49952,"article_image_bu_de":"","article_image_bu_en":"","datum_suche":"2026-05-04 00:00:00"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ren Loren Britton: Deixis &amp; Needs - Bethanien %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bethanien.de\/en\/exhibitions\/ren-loren-britton-deixis-of-needs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ren Loren Britton: Deixis &amp; Needs - Bethanien %\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What if needs, rather than norms, shaped how we live together, form relationships and organize institutions? 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