Uta Genilke

RAUHNACHT

When I was 21 I almost developed a depression, it was after the death of my partner. I lay in bed for half a year, could hardly get up, had nightmares every night. I was able to overcome it, but now, decades later, those episodes return to me from time to time. Winter is hard. I live in a small town in the North, the cold creeps through the cracks of the old house which I rarely leave. What comes crawling out of the holes at night and sneaking around my home? Wild animals? Evil spirits? RAUHNACHT is dystopian tale about my annual winter blues and my life in a hostile and maybe dangerous environment. But working on it made me feel euphoric and brought back the energy and joy to dark nights.