Joseph Baan is an artist and educator. They obtained their MFA Fine Arts at Goldsmiths University in London (2015), and they are currently an Accomplice at Tanzhaus Zürich. They make performances, installations, texts, group works, collaborative formats, and scores that aim to unpack the problem of relating, shifting roles and readings of power and control in relation to affect and gestures of care. Baan is interested in the complexity of collectivity and in the possibility of establishing a solidarity that does not homogenise, but affirms difference. In 2023, «Bl0Wn» received the Audience Award at the Swiss Performance Art Awards. In 2025, Baan spent three months on a research stipend at the Swiss Institute in New York.

Gotgha (alias Luc Häfliger) is a composer, performer and sound artist. After completing a bachelor’s degree in sound arts at the Berne Academy of the Arts (HKB), Gotgha gathered initial experiences in the performing arts and now collaborates and performs regularly with Joseph Baan. Through the lens of noise, Gotgha examines sonic and performative states in which the boundaries between control and ecstasy turn fluid. Gotgha’s works have been presented in a national and international context, including at les Urbaines, the Drifts Festival in Helsinki, the Kunsthalle in Zurich, and ZKM Frankfurt.

The spaces at Tanzhaus can be reached from Dalmaziquai via the staircase in the bridge pier. For visitors with reduced mobility the Tanzhaus is accessible via a floor-level lifting platform and a lift. A member of staff is present to operate the lifting platform and lift. No registration is required, but there may be short waiting times if there is high demand for the wheelchair accessible entrance.

For access outside performance times, there is a telephone number where you can request assistance.

An accessible toilet is available.

- heavy smoke/haze
- loud noise

English

www.josephbaan.ch

Out of Joint (2026), 3 performers

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Tanzhaus Bern
Dalmaziquai 69, 3005 Bern
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