Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft

Sonic Performance
S*an D. Henry-Smith mit Chanelle Adams: “Raz²ia”
19.04.2026, 16:00
Beim Bast, Bucher Hauptstraße 53-57, 90427 Nuremberg

In the performance “Raz²ia”, developed for the Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, S*an D. Henry-Smith transforms a vacant silo on the grounds of Beim Bast – a former yeast factory in Buch, on the northern edge of Nuremberg – into an electronically amplified resonant space. Together with artist and geographer Dr. Chanelle Adams, a ghostly narrative unfolds exploring themes of love, loss, and freedom. The performance is followed by an artist talk in the site’s decommissioned restaurant.

“Raz²ia” is part of the performance series “Reveries”, in which artists intervene in public spaces across Nuremberg. “Reveries” responds to a present marked by geopolitical tensions, ecological crises, social polarization, activism, and protest, which can often intersect with personal overwhelm and escapism. The titular daydream becomes both a tool for critical reflection and a starting point for collectively experienced imagination.

S*an D. Henry-Smith is a poet and photographer whose practice explores themes of Black and queer diaspora through sound, movement, and text. Recent solo exhibitions include projects at Metro54 and Rozenstraat, both in Amsterdam. In addition, Henry-Smith has performed and exhibited at Artists Space, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Konrad Fischer Galerie, Cologne; MoMA PS1, New York; SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin; and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Musical performances are also presented under the name sunchoke, and Henry-Smith is a member of the bands twill, PhantomSun, Depth Address, and Black Boots. Following “Wild Peach” (2020), a second poetry collection, “PACES THE CAGE” (2026), was released.

Chanelle Adams is a researcher, writer, and artist with a PhD in Geography, currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Her work on history, botany, healing practices, and the supernatural has appeared in The Drift, e-flux, Adi Magazine, and at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Her “Ghost Tours” performance series explores the entanglements of ecocide and colonialism in gardens, parks, and museums, with walks held in cities such as Marseille, Basel, and Antananarivo, as well as at international festivals in Hamburg, Cape Town, and Lausanne. In 2025, she received the Bristol-Bern Prize for Public Environmental History.

Curator: Nele Kaczmarek