The Shotel Project by Ann Liv Young

The American performance artist Ann Liv Young assumes the persona of Sherry Vignon and opens a hotel of a different kind at the Funkhaus: the Shotel. Sherry has also devised her own Sherapy programme, so at the Funkhaus you can not only spend the night but be healed of anything.
The pilot project is being developed in dialogue with the Angewandte Performance Lab.

Sherry Vignon is from Murfreesboro, North Carolina. She began her career as a moderate Christian radio show host. Realising she had a knack for helping others, she quickly created Sherapy, a form of active therapy.
She has worked all over the world helping analysts, therapists, psychiatrists, the terminally ill, marginalised citizens, children, pets, corporations, and many more.
Sherry has also worked with many women who have gone on to lead corporate America, helping them unleash and access their inner boss.

The Shotel Project
The Shotel has been a long-time dream of Sherry’s. Sherry specialises in southern hospitality, and the Shotel will be more than a hotel, with options for Sherapy and immersive entertainment experiences. Sherry is here to take care of you and presents the Shotel as a resting place to look inward.
Sherry uses advanced physical techniques based on root chakra research she began
doing as a teen. She can help anyone by assertively encouraging them to lookinward. Sherry is also an entertainer, which does not hurt.

Programme and menue description
Sherapy Session (Talk Therapy)
Sherapy + 1 hr body work
Breakfast in bed + Sherapy
Meditation Session
Chanting session
Past life regression/Aggression
Weight loss hypnosis
Card Reading
and much more

About this project
Lucie Strecker, Lecturer in Art and Communication Practices (KKP) and Senior Researcher at the Angewandte Performance Lab, curated the pilot project. As part of her course, she will visit the Shotel with students and, together with Peter Kozek, perform and facilitate on site.