The logo of the post-migrant theatre Ballhaus Naunynstraße: a drawing of a dog’s head in profile, showing its teeth with its tongue hanging out. Next to the dog’s open mouth is a red star.

Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Mohamedali Ltaief

Mohamedali Ltaief

Mohamed-Ali Ltaief is an artist, and author, born in Tunis and lives in Berlin. His work explores notions of temporalities, spatiality, and geo-philosophy, he is especially interested in the non-established histories of Art, lost or left behind by the single universal history of modernity. His practice draws from cross-disciplinary perspectives, at the intersection of performance, theater, sound, and visual art, alongside essays and fiction. Mohamed-Ali studied philosophy in Tunis, graduated from Beaux-Arts of Tunis, and MA Spatial Strategies at Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Mohamed-Ali has been working on various art collectives, performance, and theater projects, including Ahl Al-Kahf collective Tunis (2011). From 2013, he continuously collaborated with Motus (Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò), performed, artwork, and text in Nella Tempesta (performance); Caliban Cannibal (performance); and Call me X (video-installation) as a part of 2011>2068 Animale Politico Project with Silvia Calderoni on stage.

Ltaief ́s selected performances, lectures and projects, include Ghosts of Meaning performance, HAU2, Berlin, Germany (2019); The Path of the Sun or the Bare Life lecture performance, L’art Rue, Tunis, Tunisia (2021); The Strangeness of the Stranger sonic performance and publication, Book Works and Radio Resonance, London, England (2021); Poiesis, Praxis, and Cultures of Resistance or the non-established Histories of Art in Tunisia lecture performance, Archive Books, Berlin, Germany (2023); Parallel Hands, Tanzfabrik, Berlin, Germany (2024); The Concretely WE, performance, at Centrale Fies and Live Works Summit, Italy (2024).