Third Recruitment Performance of the United Holobiontic Protection Alliance
2026
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The “Third Recruitment Performance of the United Holobiontic Protection Alliance (UHPA)” is part of the “Hab Mut Steh auf!” program
Visual Arts at the 104th Catholic Day
Performance program on Kiliansplatz curated by Benita Meißner / DG Kunstraum
May 13–17, 2026, in Würzburg
with Frank Bölter, Ruth Geiersberger, Maria Berauer, and Béla Juttner


Judith Egger…
As a founding member of the fictional United Holobiontic Protection Alliance, she organizes a performative demonstration: In a largely nonverbal manifesto performance, she gives voice to the concerns of the holobionts and advocates for a responsible, connected relationship with all living things. The motto “Be brave! Stand up!” seems particularly fitting in this context, as the intention of the demonstration is to create an artistic impulse that, in a nonverbal, anarchic, serious, and at the same time humorous way, stirs, moves, and arouses curiosity. At the core of her artistic exploration lies the question of where we come from, how life began, and what it is that drives all living things.