You Need Me aka not yet titled | New Work Screening

You Need Me a.k.a not yet titled (2022)

Conceived + Performed by Mette Loulou von Kohl

Director | Stephanie Acosta

DP | James Tate

Produced by Intrinsic Grey Productions

Filmed at Treasure Town, Acosta's studio in Brooklyn, NY February 2022

Project Description by artist Mette Loulou von Kohl "not yet titled, explores the position and identity of the zionist entity as existing in a perpetual state of self-defense and moral exception. It asks how my body, as a Palestinian body, can reveal this claim as fantasy through sensuality, dominion and disgust."

Acosta + von Kohl have previously collaborated on the staged work 'No One Likes an Ugly Revolutionary' at Abrons Arts Center March 2020 prior to the Covid Pandemic.

No One Likes An Ugly Revolutionary | World Premiere | NY

It’s a TWO WORLD PREMIERE kind of month this March! Thrilled to have directed this gorgeous work with the deeply talented Mette Loulou von Kohl. Catch us at Abrons Art Center for 3 SHOWS ONLY!

March 5-7 | Buy Tickets HERE

Opening night reception co-hosted with Arab.AMP

An interdisciplinary solo performance created and performed by Mette Loulou von Kohl, No one likes an ugly revolutionary explores the artist’s relationship with the Palestinian resistance fighter Leila Khaled and the connections that shape armed resistance, terrorism, fetish, reverence, internalized orientalism, and diasporic longing.

Director: Stephanie Acosta
Video Collaborator: Bleue Liverpool
Sound Collaborators: Ashley Hefnawy and Saint Abdullah
Lighting Designer: Evan Spigleman
Stage Manager: Manny Rivera

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FUNDING

No one likes an ugly revolutionary was commissioned by Abrons Arts Center through the Jerome Foundation AIRspace Residency Program, with additional support from AFAC (The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture) الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون.

The 2019-2020 Season at Abrons Arts Center is supported, in part, by generous grants from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Jerome Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, and other generous Henry Street Settlement funders. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.