Beth B has been creating transgressive and transformative work for over 45 years. Beth B (born 1955) began her artistic work in the late 1970s in New York City as a provocateur in the No Wave scene, an underground movement whose name is an ironic reference to the New Wave pop culture. Throughout her prolific career, B has produced over 30 films within the documentary, experimental, and narrative genres and continues to
return to her interdisciplinary works. Collaboration with other artists is an integral aspect of her work, as in her film portraits of Lydia Lunch and Ida Applebroog as well as with her long-time co-conspirator, musician Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop, Human Impact).

The exhibition reflects the universality of intimate and painful struggles and the possibility for catharsis through creative expression. Each person may have their own individual experience that resonates as an isolated story, yet when strung together, the audiences can find shared connections as well.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is the three-channel video installation Glowing that confronts perceptions and assumptions concerning heartache, disability, mental illness, and addiction. The installation will be activated by a live event, featuring the protagonists of the Glowing films who will perform their stories onstage simultaneous to live music and multiple projections of the films. Director Beth B creates a cinematic
experiential landscape with visceral music by Jim Coleman (accompanied by Vincent Dubuis, Robert O. Leaver, and Phil Puleo) for the universal stories of artists Nick Flynn, Little Annie, No Anger, Vincent Dubuis, Robert O. Leaver, and Evelyn Frantti.

Alongside other works, the sound and video installation Near Death, a collaboration between Beth B and Jim Coleman, has been specifically designed for the Betonhalle of the former crematorium at silent green.

As part of the retrospective The War Is Never Over, numerous films by Beth B from the late 1970s to the present day will also be shown in the Kuppelhalle of silent green, accompanied by conversations with the filmmaker and live performances by No Anger, Nick Flynn, Jim Coleman and Chris Spencer, Robert O. Leaver, and This Wilderness.