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3 Days to Liberation: A Breathing Archive of Resistance
Liberation is not a destination. It is the risk of transition.
What began as a cry – in the autumn of 2023, in the name of Jina, in the heartbeat of a feminist revolution – has transformed into an enduring labor of memory.
3 Days to Liberation is the space we hold open amidst the ruins of certainty. It is an invitation to all who refuse to adopt the language of power as their own.
I. A Declaration of Love to a Revolution (2023)
In the first edition, we sought a language for the inconceivable. We celebrated longing, we named the names, we made the wounds of the diaspora visible. It was an attempt to bridge the distance between Berlin and Tehran – not through geography, but through the radical proximity of art. A space for the love, the grief, and the collective strength of an uprising that knows no turning back.
II. Between Oppression and Survival (2025)
Two years later, the silence has grown heavier. In a time where killing becomes bureaucracy and violence becomes an argument, the project looks deeper. When executions become a ritual of intimidation, we respond with the ritual of testimony. We ask: What is the price of freedom in an age of legitimation? The immediate response of 2023 has evolved into a sustained practice that delves into the bodies and fractures of history.
The "We" in Between
Conceived by Maryam Palizban and presented by Constanza Macras / Dorky Park, this project oscillates between the rigor of academia and the instinct of the stage. It is a space where voices encounter one another, to rub against each other until sparks fly.
Liberation happens here in the singing, the playing, the speaking. It happens wherever we refuse to be muted.
3 Days to Liberation remains a declaration of love to a movement older than any uprising – one that begins anew with every breath.
Texts and concept by Maryam Palizban
Maryam Palizban is a theatre studies scholar, artist, curator, and actor. Born in 1981 in Iran, she lives and works in Berlin. In 2014, she earned her doctorate from Freie Universität Berlin / Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL) with a thesis titled The Performativity of Murder, a study on martyrdom and Shiite ritual theatre practice (published 2017 by Kadmos Verlag).
Her research and artistic practice explore the intersections of religion, performativity, and embodiment, focusing on Shi’a Islam, theatricality, and modern cultural forms of expression. She regularly publishes in German, English, and Farsi on cultural theory, philosophy, and religious studies. Her recent publications include Leibverständnis und Leibvergessenheit (Understanding and Forgetting the Body, Karl-Alber-Verlag, 2022), which examines human embodiment through interdisciplinary lenses.
As an actor, she gained international prominence through films such as Deep Breath (Cannes 2003), Fat Shaker (Rotterdam 2013, Tiger Award), and Lantouri (Berlinale 2016), and was honored with the Iranian Film Academy Award for Best Actress. Her commitment during the Jina Revolution has since defined her artistic and curatorial work, which she now realizes from exile.
As the creator and curator of 3 Days to Liberation, she develops formats where artistic practice, collective memory, and academic knowledge converge into a tangible experience.