An Archival Piece is part of Nils Amadeus Lange’s ongoing investigation into how existing works and performances can be reactivated and seen anew. The project develops from his research into early queer and feminist performance practices in Switzerland and explores how movement and memory can be transmitted beyond documentation. 

Through strategies of reference, layering, and embodiment, Lange treats the archive as a living and affective space — one that offers renewed, emotional access to gestures and histories that continue to resonate in the present.

Biography

Nils Amadeus Lange (*1989, Cologne, Germany) is an artist, performer, and lecturer based in Zurich. Trained in theatre at the Bern University of the Arts, his ample experience in the performing arts informs an interdisciplinary practice. His current research is driven by an ongoing interest in how performance can be documented, transmitted, and reactivated. Lange has received several national and international awards and regularly teaches at art universities, where he develops curricula that explore alternative forms of learning with the body as a central pivot for experimentation.