ps: I love u

For PS: I Love U, Nora Hansen and Josefine Reisch bring together a thoughtful selection of intimate correspondence from over 200 years. In a stage situation somewhere between a press conference and a late night show, they perform a multi-faceted collage of love songs and love letters, revealing the wide spectrum of ways to express fondness and friendship. Ranging from the 18th to the 21st century, Hansen and Reisch merge the personal correspondences, examining the shared humanity revealed in them. The audience is invited to join them in their study of love, in search of inspiration and practical advice.

PS: I Love U features words and music from an eclectic mix of voices, including Adele, Beyoncé, Nora Barnacle, Napoleon Bonaparte, Octavia E. Butler, Gluck, David Guetta, Radclyffe Hall, Billie Holiday, James Joyce, Lizzo, Rosa Luxemburg, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Marguerite Moreno, Nesta Obermer, Eros Ramazzotti, Chapelle Roan, Edith Shackleton-Heald, SIA, Nina Simone, Eugenia Souline, Tina Turner, Virginia Woolf and many more. (Text: Anna-Lisa Scherfose, 2024)

PS: I Love U has been presented at Center for Literature (Münster, DE, 2026), KW – Institut for Contemporary Art (Berlin, DE, 2024), Simultanhalle (Cologne, DE, 2021), Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck (Remagen, DE, 2019), KIT – Kunst im Tunnel (Düsseldorf, DE, 2015).

Ps: I Love U – A musical reading, Nora Hansen, Josefine Reisch and special guests, Café Bravo, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2024, Photo: Jaewon Chang

Ps: I Love U – A musical reading, Nora Hansen, Josefine Reisch and special guests, Café Bravo, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2024, Photo: Albi Fouché

Ps: I Love U – A musical reading, Nora Hansen, Josefine Reisch and special guests, Café Bravo, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfose, Performer: Nora Hansen, Josefine Reisch, Anna-Lisa Scherfose and Julija Zaharijević

The performance took place within the Events Programm of the BPA// Exhibition 2024 Half-Light curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfose

ps: I love U, performed by Lisa Oord, Josefine Reisch and Nora Hansen, Simultanprojekte 2021, Simultanhalle, Cologne, 2021, Foto: Kris Obricht

 

Ps: I Love U, performed by Elmar Hermann, Josefine Reisch, Nora Hansen and Lukas Goersmeier, in: Mary & the volcano. A meteorological phantasmagoria, 2016, KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf