THE LETTING GO – Book Launch

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Meet the Artist · Book Launch & Signing · Spoken Word Performance at 8 pm

What would you like to let go of?

The Letting Go (2012–2026) is an intimate performance practice by Natascha Stellmach, shaped by the intersection of visual art, psychotherapy, embodied research, and Buddhism. At its core is a Bloodline tattoo—performed without ink—through which participants engage the question: “What would you like to let go of?”

I let art in, really close. 
Art that hurts.
Art as ritual.
^{Andreas, Köln}

This book gathers, for the first time, 130 previously unpublished encounters shared through participant-contributed selfies, reflections, and the artist’s own account. Interwoven with evocative photography and essays, The Letting Go traces a practice that defies categorisation.

Alongside Stellmach’s own research and texts by Sandra Hüller, Kelly Gellatly and Dr Matthew McArdle, it offers a deeply personal portrait of what it means to move through challenges with vulnerability and courage.

I only felt the wound 
once the word appeared on me. 
What had been invisible within me for years 
was visible now, readable.
^{Selina, Nürnberg}

An invitation to embrace “the wonder in our wounds”, The Letting Go speaks to those drawn to art as encounter, ritual as knowledge, and the fragile, enduring work of being human. This comprehensive publication will resonate with lovers of performance art, ritual practices, embodied enquiry, contemporary photography, and those engaged in conversations around mental health and wellbeing.

Natascha Stellmach is an Australian artist with German heritage, and this year marks her 22nd year living in Berlin. Join us in celebrating the book launch of this deeply personal, unique project!

Friday July 10
Atelier 2
7 until 9 pm
Admission free – registration is requested here.
 

*The Letting Go: 352 pages (English & German), published by Verlag Kettler, € 42