Call out : Frankfurt

Call Out Launched via social media on International Women’s Day 2017, Call Out asks the general public to nominate writers, politicians, scientists, activists, revolutionaries, artists, and other women who have been, or continue to be, a source of inspiration in their lives. During the first Call Out action the names of 1000 women, past and present, were compiled. In a solemn act of commemoration, Ms. Ingrid Metz-Neun read aloud these names in alphabetical order. Her voice is familiar to the public in Frankfurt and forty other German cities, since it announces the bus, train, and tram stops on public transport. Call Out took her voice out of its usual context, replacing the rhythm of recorded announcements with a live homage to over 1000 women who inspire, enthuse, embolden, and motivate others in their everyday lives. Call Out could be heard on two days: on 8 March in front of the Historical Museum in Frankfurt am Main and two days later on the occasion of the annual International Women’s Day reception hosted by the City of Frankfurt in the Römer (City Hall) on the Römerberg.

Concept: Elianna Renner Curator: Dorothee Linnemann

Special Support: Rebekka Voß Production Assistant: Julie Grothgar Speaker: Ingrid Metz-Neun Recording and Sound Technician: Sebastian Steer

Translation: Jill Denton

The Historical Museum Frankfurt supported the art performance on 8 March 2017 inter alia in order to draw attention to its new special exhibition project marking one hundred years of women’s right to vote: “1918/19 – Frauen in die Politik!” (1918/19—Women Get Into Politics!). Like the recently launched Bertha Pappenheim app, this major centenary exhibition beginning in August 1918 will turn the spotlight on the women who fought for female suffrage and contributed to the constitution of the Weimar Republic.