Terz und Tentakel – A Jellyfish Project by Verena Meis and Aylin Leclaire

For years, we’ve been writing songs about jellyfish – this time, we’re swimming against the far-right current.

Terz und Tentakel is an interdisciplinary music and performance project by Verena Meis (lyrics) and Aylin Leclaire(sound). Drawing inspiration from the radiant resilience of jellyfish, we create songs, stage designs, readings, installations, and immersive live formats – a fluid Gesamtkunstwerk exploring empowerment, diversity, and resistance.

Jellyfish are mesmerizing beings: composed of over 90% water, they can transform, regenerate, and glow. Their movements are rhythmic, poetic, and precise. They’ve been drifting through the oceans for millions of years – gentle, yet unstoppable. To us, jellyfish symbolize queer survival, adaptability, and collective intelligence.

In 2023, we released our first single, “Jellyfish Pizza” – a half-serious, half-playful take on culinary climate adaptation: jellyfish as food, as a mirror of ecological change, as a futuristic delicacy.

Mit „Quallen gegen Rechts“ folgt nun ein klarer Tentakel-Track gegen rechte Ideologien. Inmitten von Hass und Hetze stehen wir für eine andere Form der Kraft: leuchtend, vernetzt, vielstimmig

🦑 “Jellyfish Against the Far Right” is our sonic outcry against fascism. For us, music is a way to reclaim agency – to stay audible, visible, and emotionally present.

"Werde Nesselzelle – Mach Terz und Tentakel!"