©Rehema Chachage, What the soil gave us, 2022

For the 17th time in 2023 – and for the first time together with an international partner: Bergen Kunsthall in Norway – Kunstraum Niederoesterreich awards the H13 Lower Austria Prize for Performance 2023. This year's winner is performance and media artist Rehema Chachage. In her award-winning project Nitakujengea kinyumba na vikuta vya kupitia [A Home for You I Will Create with Exit Pathways – A Gut Feeling], Chachage embarks on a journey through her matrilinear family memory. Tracing the migration experiences of three of her female ancestors, she explores the question of what it means to call a place home.

Chachage will present her performance on Friday, September 1, 2023, on the occasion of the festive H13 award ceremony at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich. The H13 program will be rounded off by an exhibition conceived by the artist, which will be on view at Kunstraum from September 2 to 16, 2023.

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