About
Dr. Jan-Tage Kühling is a theatre and performance scholar, culture maker, and artist. Since 2023 he is serving as the director of the Goethe-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia.
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His artistic focus revolves around the mundane, the everyday, and concepts of 'home' and belonging within art-in-context and community performance, emphasizing the connection to the more-than-human world and ecology. He explores small forms of performance and the interaction between human and non-human actors, with a particular interest in the representation of individual and collective history. His work often addresses these themes in a transcultural context, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Kühling has directed and collaborated on various projects at festivals like Malta Festival PoznaÅ„, Teatr Kana, Wegajty Festival, Vougascapes, Mullae Artspace.
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His research covers contemporary performance art, aesthetics, and the performative power of (un)making, with a focus on ecology and the Anthropocene. His dissertation, Ästhetiken des Engagements (transcript, 2024) critically examines the performative mechanisms between human and non-human actors within the eco-political context of the Anthropocene.
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From 2015 to 2017, Kühling was part of the managing team at Centrum Amarant in PoznaÅ„, Poland, overseeing performance-in-context programming. Between 2021 and 2023, he worked with the Performing Arts Program Berlin, focusing on cultural policy and political initiatives for the arts, particularly regarding rehearsal and working spaces.