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Bettina Hutschek 
Encountering Atlantis (Performance Lecture)
November 7-8th 2025
A wondrous island empire mentioned by philosopher Plato, a ritual expert only out for sexual contact; a dubious government whose members presumably silenced a journalist with a car bomb. Bettina Hutschek takes the ancient myth of Atlantis and today’s island-state of Malta as thought laboratories for her quest to understand the use and abuse of stories. Her research and film project “Encountering Atlantis” is guided by a question: What do we know for sure, what do we choose to believe, and where to draw the line between believing and knowing? 
In her performance lecture, Bettina Hutschek takes the story of her forthcoming film - to be completed in 2026 - as a red thread to navigate a world of ancient and contemporary utopias. Using stick figures, objects, images, videos and spoken word performance, she weaves together belief systems, myths, and politics into a kaleidoscopic journey across time and imagination. Balancing on the tightrope between science and pseudo-science, Hutschek probes the fragile boundaries between knowing and believing. 
Lecture 1: November 7th at Xxijra Hii
  • Arrival: 18:30
  • Lecture: 19:00
  • End: 19:45
  • Drinks served until 20:30

 

Free tickets for Friday here

Lecture 2: November 8th at Xxijra Hii
  • Arrival: 12:00
  • Lecture: 12:30
  • End: 13:15
  • Drinks served until 14:00

 

Free tickets for Saturday here

 

Bettina Hutschek is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator who lives and works between Malta and Berlin. After studying Art History and Philosophy (BA), she received her MA from Universität der Künste (class of Lothar Baumgarten) UdK, Berlin, and her MFA from HGB Leipzig (class of Tina Bara). She trained and worked in Art Mediation and was visiting scholar at the Department of Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has been screened, exhibited and performed internationally.

She is founder and director of FRAGMENTA Malta, a project to organize pop-up exhibitions in the public space of the Maltese Islands. In 2017, she co-curated together with Raphael Vella the Malta Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2017, Venezia.

Xxijra Hii
Bettina Hutschek 
Encountering Atlantis (Performance Lecture)
November 7-8th 2025
A wondrous island empire mentioned by philosopher Plato, a ritual expert only out for sexual contact; a dubious government whose members presumably silenced a journalist with a car bomb. Bettina Hutschek takes the ancient myth of Atlantis and today’s island-state of Malta as thought laboratories for her quest to understand the use and abuse of stories. Her research and film project “Encountering Atlantis” is guided by a question: What do we know for sure, what do we choose to believe, and where to draw the line between believing and knowing? 
In her performance lecture, Bettina Hutschek takes the story of her forthcoming film - to be completed in 2026 - as a red thread to navigate a world of ancient and contemporary utopias. Using stick figures, objects, images, videos and spoken word performance, she weaves together belief systems, myths, and politics into a kaleidoscopic journey across time and imagination. Balancing on the tightrope between science and pseudo-science, Hutschek probes the fragile boundaries between knowing and believing. 
Lecture 1: November 7th at Xxijra Hii
  • Arrival: 18:30
  • Lecture: 19:00
  • End: 19:45
  • Drinks served until 20:30

 

Free tickets for Friday here

Lecture 2: November 8th at Xxijra Hii
  • Arrival: 12:00
  • Lecture: 12:30
  • End: 13:15
  • Drinks served until 14:00

 

Free tickets for Saturday here

 

Bettina Hutschek is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator who lives and works between Malta and Berlin. After studying Art History and Philosophy (BA), she received her MA from Universität der Künste (class of Lothar Baumgarten) UdK, Berlin, and her MFA from HGB Leipzig (class of Tina Bara). She trained and worked in Art Mediation and was visiting scholar at the Department of Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has been screened, exhibited and performed internationally.

She is founder and director of FRAGMENTA Malta, a project to organize pop-up exhibitions in the public space of the Maltese Islands. In 2017, she co-curated together with Raphael Vella the Malta Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2017, Venezia.