Schreihalsokratie

Gedichte

The Native Westphalian

Comedy

coming soon, my brand new comedy programme

Ute Hamelmann, Stand-Up Comedy, Native Westphalian

Ute Hamelmann, The Native Westphalian

Aphorismen

Quotes

Weihnachten auf dem Dorfe

Columns

Künstlertrance

Gedichte

(kmh Frankfurt, Herbst 2025)

Kosmischer Gleichmut

Columns, Kolumnen

Behagliches Unbehagen (My Macho-Dance-Experience)

Columns, Kolumnen

Avant-garde on main stage

Columns, Kolumnen

Lady Gaga, Salvator Mundi

Columns, Kolumnen

I wasn’t a big Lady Gaga fan. Her performances seemed too trendy, too flashy, and I was really put off by her plastic aesthetic—until I saw the movies House of Gucci and A Star Is Born. I thought she is amazing as an actress and started to get into her songs. Actually, for her artistic concept.

As an art historian, I’ve been wondering for quite some time where the new, the different, the ‚edgy‘ is. Where is avantgarde? Much of what catches my eye at art colleges has been there before, nice, ironic, and, well, okay. Performance rules: Half-naked, oiled-up humans are currently rolling around on the floor in the Schinkel Pavilion, while the Berlin art clique stands around bored, sipping Pinot Blanc. Oh, come on, folks, you’ve been seeing that in kinky clubs for years, and even I—living in a small village in the Westphalian countryside—have actually seen more outrageous and bizarre performances on queer and kinky stages.