Public in Private was founded in 2008 in Berlin by  Jasna L. Vinovrški and Clément Layes. Its goal is to broaden the boundaries of choreographic language, encouraging different ways of thinking, perceiving, and reflecting on both choreography itself and other media. Its most relevant aim, however, is the further development of choreography as a contemporary art form.

To this day, the two artists continue to develop distinct choreographic signatures while closely supporting each other artistically. Within their main working space, Studio Public in Private (PIP Studio) at Flutgraben in Berlin, they facilitate events, artistic research, and residencies.

Below you will find the book about Public in Private, published in 2020, as well as an interview.

12 years of Public in Private

The year 2020 marks 12 years of Public in Private. When planning this publication, we couldn’t have imagined how pivotal this year would be for society. The corona pandemic has had and continues to have a huge impact on our lives, bringing about many negative but also positive and necessary changes to the way we live and work. The time of slowed-down activities that the pandemic incurred capacitated us to reflect on our artistic past and to look towards the future and to what this future may hold. This document brings together and makes visible our two different artistic universes, which we have been developing over the past 12 years. As collaboration lies at the core of Public in Private, we decided to construct this publication in a co- llaborative spirit. Our works are not only presented here through our own words, but also through the views of our collaborators, offered singularly or in dialogue.