EXPERIMENTAL JAM - Mask Edition

A PERFORMATIVE JAM SESSION CROSSING MOVEMENT, SOUND AND VISUAL ARTS

The Experimental Jam project is a series of research sessions on Interdisciplinary Collaborative Improvisational Performance Practices.

For 3 hours, a performance is created in the moment by artists that haven’t worked together on it beforehand. The session starts with the collective set up of the equipment and materials that will be used, followed by an introduction to proposals and agreements for non-stop collective improvisation. The registrations are open to professional and non-professional artists from performance-based backgrounds such as music, dance and visual arts.

MASKS & INTIMACY

This time, together with the artist Maximilian Gutmair, our Performative Jam will explore the theme of Masks & Intimacy:

Within the protection of a mask, we can let go of familiar roles and reveal parts of ourselves we might otherwise hesitate to show. Paradoxically, hiding the face can create a space for greater openness - and with it, a different kind of intimacy.

Intimacy is understood here not as physical closeness, but as a space of trust, presence, and connection - a space for transformation, play, vulnerability, and unexpected encounters, always grounded in mutual consent and respect for one another's boundaries.

What if a mask doesn't separate us, but allows us to come closer?

You are invited to step into another being, another character, or another quality through the mask. Let creatures, fantasies, hidden aspects, or unknown facets of yourself come alive. What wants to be expressed through you? What has been quietly waiting to be seen?

A small selection of handmade masks will be available for everyone to explore, and you are warmly invited to bring your own if you wish.

Let's create an intimate masquerade together.

Form for registrations: https://forms.gle/FGx9gksZB6qPuEUBA

The public is welcome to watch and can enter and leave the space at any time.

No registration needed for the audience.

For further questions: experimental.jam.munich@gmail.com

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Salomé Rodrigues is a multidisciplinary performer, choreographer and curator born in Porto in 1996, based in Munich since 2024. She works with dance, theater, voice and performance art and has been working between Portugal and Germany, creating and performing in collaboration with different choreographers and visual artists, in a variety of settings such as theaters, galleries, public space and open air festivals.

In 2024 she founded Experimental Munich, a platform focused on interdisciplinary improvisational collaborative performance, curating events that provoque the crossing of dance, sound and visual arts. In 2025 she became a member of the Turtle Magazine Collective, curating and creating works that cross literature with performance. Salomé tends to enjoy creating performances in intimate settings, that include interaction with the public and strong performative states, taking the audience on a journey and going through an experience rather than just having it playing the role of the spectator. Being in community and working in a collaborative environment are her main interests and are fundamental for her inspiration and practice.

GUEST ARTIST

Maximilian Gutmair (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in ceramics, drawing, and performance. In his artistic practice, Gutmair creates a narrative cosmos that shifts between abstraction and figuration. An essential element of his often installation-based work is the creation of immersive atmospheres that engage multiple senses and lead visitors into a feeling of timelessness. Guided by intuition and a precise attention to detail, his works explore transformation, queerness, sexuality, nature, emotion, and spirituality.

Gutmair was born in Bamberg and raised in Isny im Allgäu, in southern Germany, where he grew up surrounded by nature and plants in his family’s nursery. Seeking greater freedom and a vibrant queer community, he moved to Munich, which has been his home for over a decade. After completing his training as a floral designer in 2016, Gutmair began studying Fine Arts at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, where he graduated with a diploma as Meisterschüler in February 2026. A formative Erasmus year at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome further enriched his sculptural and material practice.

Gutmair is a member of Queerraum, a Munich-based queer artist collective. His works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Munich, Marseille, and Panama.

FACILITATORS

Hermes Corp (a.k.a. Fotis Tsiroukis) is an interdisciplinary nomad and explorer of the cultural forefront. Life led Hermes to cross between heterogenous worlds; from local scenes, to working in decentralized organizations. Early on, Hermes explored the modality of sound; music performance, composition, digital generation and auditory research, while more recently, Hermes has turned to textual media. This includes digital poetry, speculative fiction and a Doctoral Dissertation in Philosophy of Science and Technology. Nowadays, Hermes mixes cross-form performance, improvisation and collective emergence, aiming at the transfiguration of experience.

Charlotte Kahler (1989) is a choreographer, dancer, dance therapist, and abstract painter. Born in Munich and raised between Germany and the USA, she is interested in cross-cultural contact and interdisciplinary exchange between artists. Her work in dance therapy has shifted her aesthetics to favor authentic expression and practicing acceptance. A recurring theme throughout all her works is the subject of „space“ as an integral part of the art making process. A lifelong student, she is currently training Kung Fu and expanding her spiritual practice further through Tai Chi and intuitive moving meditations.