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PARTICIPATION
AND
THEATRE
COMMON
PLACES
DIGITAL
10. – 12.03.2022
2
COMMON PLACES – Participation and A warm welcome to COMMON PLACES - Participation and
Theatre! You are entering a forum that aims at showing the
Theatre is a cooperation between Mannhei- diversity of artistic participatory work and strengthening it
mer Stadtensemble/National Theatre for the future. How have participatory approaches developed
aesthetically and structurally in recent years? We dare to look
Mannheim, Volkstheater/Baden State Thea- beyond the established ‘citizens‘ stages’ and permanent insti-
tre Karlsruhe, Pfalzbau Stages Ludwigsha- tutions and take a look at what can be learned from other art
forms or political and social initiatives.
fen und Matchbox/Cultural Office of the
Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar. Located somewhere between a conference and a festival,
COMMON PLACES offers a wide range of KEYNOTES and
discussion formats that take into account the omnipresent,
‘post-pandemic’ need for networking, exchange and develop-
ment of thoughts. Following our open call, GUEST PERFOR-
MANCES from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium
and the UK have been selected to be shown via zoom and
stream. They offer an insight into the contemporary range of
participatory work in spoken, dance, music theatre and per-
formance, while simultaneously serving as starting points for
discussions.
TALKS tie in with the guest performances, broaden the Euro-
pean perspective and discuss collective, inclusive or activist
working methods. Some of these artistic methods can be
tried out practically in WORKSHOPS. As an additional focus
structural questions should not be neglected in 2022: What
does it take to make participation sustainable and substanti-
al? Is participation rooted in the needs of citizens or rather in
questions of legitimitization of the traditional art institutions?
What is at stake is nothing less than the future of theatre. We
are happy to have you!
PROGRAM COMMON PLACES PARTICIPATION AND THEATRE 3
10. – 12.03.22
11:15am 8pm - English version 2-4pm
Thursday, March 10th OPERA MEETS ACTIVISM YOUR WORD IN MY MOUTH (BE/DE) WORKSHOPS VII & VIII
Talk on participatory music theatre 8:30pm - German version Zoom
Zoom / German with English translation
2-4pm DEIN WORT IN MEINEM MUND (BE/DE) VII: Writing for the digital space
Scripted conversation by Anna Rispoli, Lotte Lindner &
WORKSHOPS I & II 12:30pm Till Steinbrenner
By Seda Keskinkılıç-Brück
Zoom / German German
Zoom / German & English
DEMOCRACY Followed by an artist talk on Zoom
VIII: Autoteatro
I: Legal basics of participation - TOXIC FOR THE ARTS? By Ant Hampton
By Michael Schröder Debate on the limits of participation 9:30pm
English
Zoom / German with English translation
LET’S HANG: THROUGH THE NIGHT
II: TheatrX: A game about the future of theatre With the festival team & guests 4pm
By Luca Rudolf, Fabian Chyle-Silvestri and & Keller Zoom / German & English
2pm VERSCHWÖRT EUCH! (DE)
LET’S MOVE: AEROBIC-SESSION Performance by Janette Mickan & Sarah Johanna Steinfelder
6pm With Manuel Flickinger Stream / German with English subtitles
LET’S SHOW: OPENING Zoom / no language needed Saturday, March 12th Followed by an artist talk on Zoom
With the festival team & guests
Stream / German & English 6pm
2:30-6:30pm 9:30am
“BÜRGER:INNEN:BÜHNEN” BETTER TOGETHER
6:30pm
THE CITY AS A PLACE OF Talk with i can be your translator
Book presentation by Hannes Langer
THIS IS THE MAYORESS KNOWLEDGE Zoom / German
Zoom / German
Workshop III by Ulrike Hatzer
SPEAKING (DE) Zoom / German & English 10am
6:30pm
Performative opening speech by Tanja Krone
LET’S NETWORK BESSER IST BESSER (DE)
Stream / German with English subtitles Performance by i can be your translator
2:30pm Open Space
Stream / German
Zoom / German & English
7pm SHIFTING FACES (NL) Followed by an artist talk on Zoom
Dance piece by Joop Oonk & Misiconi Dance Company
IVORY TOWER VS. ART FOR ALL? Stream / no language needed & audio description in English
11am
Keynote by Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke INSTITUTIONS SEEKING ADVICE
Stream / German Sharing experiences on program advisory boards Anytime
3pm
Zoom / English
8pm RHYTHM ISN’T EVERYTHING on demand
Talk on dance and empowerment 11am
STILLE SLAG (DK) Zoom / English
MEDEA.CHOR (DE)
Music theatre by Louise Alenius, Tanja Diers & Tue Biering SPOTLIGHTS 5x5 Web installation by Mathilde Lehmann & Nanako Oizumi
Stream / Danish with English subtitles Five project presentations Online / German / English & German subtitles
Followed by an artist talk on Zoom 3:45pm Zoom / German
on demand via mail
LET’S HANG: COFFEE & CHIT CHAT 12pm
9:45pm With the festival team & guests ON FRIENDSHIP (DE)
LET’S HANG: OPEN BAR Zoom / German & English VILLAGE PEOPLE Friendship experience by Anna-Kirstine Linke
Talk on art and participation in rural areas At home / German & English
With the festival team & guests
Zoom / German & English translation
Zoom / German & English 4:15pm
SPOTLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL 12-2pm
Info
From Poland, India and Great Britain WORKSHOPS IV - VI
Zoom / English Zoom
Friday, March 11th Streams and tickets on www.dringeblieben.de.
IV: Collective female* working methods More information also on Instagram @common.places.festival
6:30pm
9:30am By Katharina Oberlik
LET’S HANG: BREAKFAST CLUB I REMEMBER (GB) English & German / till 4pm Art Discourse Workshop
Short film by Andy Field & Beckie Darlington
With the festival team & guests
Stream / English V: Storytelling with digital means
Zoom / German & English
By Ilja Mirsky & Klabauter Theater Hamburg
German
10am 7pm
NOW PRESENTING: ART! REVISITING “ARTIFICIAL HELLS“ VI: Settings and strategies of interaction
Talk on the aesthetics of participation Lecture on participatory art in the 2010s by Claire Bishop By Turbo Pascal
Zoom / German with English translation Zoom/ English German
Anytime 4
LET’S HANG MEDEA.CHOR (DE) ON FRIENDSHIP (DE)
Talk, dance, breakfast and celebrate with the Web installation A friendship experience
festival team
Online / German / subtitles English & By post / German & English / 2-3h
Ongoing from Thursday to Saturday in our German / ca. 90 mins
digital festival hub Art
Art
Socializing Concept and realisation: Anna-Kirstine Linke
Concept: Mathilde Lehmann, Nanako Oizumi With: you & your friend, your smartphones
During COMMON PLACES - Participation | Direction,Digital Installation and Media:
and Theatre the festival team occupies the Mathilde Lehmann, Nanako Oizumi, Sören And that’s how it works:
studio stage of Mannheim’s National Theatre, Zweiniger | Performance: Martha-Angel 1. You meet your friend.
streaming into your living and dining rooms Gräbenitz | Werkstatt: Anna Elisabeth Diepold, 2. You exchange keys.
or offices, always live and always happy. Pia Martz 3. You each go to the other’s flat.
LET’S CREATE some festival mood! 4. Bring the letter “On Friendship” with you.
„The name means what it means. Me. Nothing 5. This is the beginning of a ride through
Our zoom channel 4068477584 will be open else.“ - Dea Loher: Manhattan Medea. your friendship.
for the entire duration of the festival. Feel free ‘Medea’ is often a synonym for a vengeful
to ask questions, get the info you need and woman. MEDEA.chor goes in search of the Anna-Kirstine Linke works as a writer
meet for private conversations in breakout Medea who is hidden behind the lines. In and director with a focus on biographi-
sessions. Come hang out with us! interviews with more than 30 women with cal works and participatory formats.
migration experience, a vocal concert between She developed and tested Über Freund:in-
myth and present emerges. A common search nenschaft (On friendship) with friends
begins, for a core story, if there is one, and in 2019. It will be presented publicly for
above all: for Medea‘s voice. the first time as part of COMMON
PLACES.
A production by PRUNK&PLASTE in coope-
ration with Werkstattmacher e.V. and LOFFT
- DAS THEATER. Sponsored by the City of
Leipzig, Kulturamt.
www.prunkundplaste.de
Collage: Kathrin Bach #kathcut_collagen
Still: MEDEA.chor
Thursday, 10.03. 5
LEGAL BASICS OF THEATRX: A GAME LET’S SHOW: THIS IS THE MAYO-
PARTICIPATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OPENING RESS SPEAKING (DE)
Workshop I
OF THEATRE 6pm / Stream / German & English / 30 mins
Performative opening speech
Workshop II
2-4pm / Zoom / German 6.30pm / Stream / German with English
Curating COMMON PLACES - Participation subtitles / 20 mins
2-4pm / Zoom / German
Workshop and Theatre, we were following the motto
‘show, don‘t tell’. Nevertheless, some introduc- Art
Workshop
With: Michael Schröder (Lawyer, Deputy tory telling has to be done: The festival team
Managing Director and Board Member of the welcomes you from a special set up in the Idea, concept: Lea Gerschwitz, Tanja Krone |
With: Luca Rudolf (political & theatre scien-
German Stage Association) studio. We introduce ourselves and get you in Dramaturgy: Lea Gerschwitz | Costume de-
tist, theatre educator), Fabian Chyle-Silvestri
the mood for three days full of discussion and sign: Kathrin Krumbein | Photo, Film: Arthur
(choreographer & choreographer) & Sean
Collaborating with people on a volunteer input. We are also pleased to hear a welco- Bauer | Performance: Tanja Krone
Keller (writer and media artist)
basis within the theatre industry presents ming address by Petra Olschowski, State Se-
many legal issues and questions concerning cretary in the Ministry of Science, Research Last year, performer and musician Tanja
The TheatrX games are made for individuals
employment law: adequate payment, orga- and the Arts Baden-Württemberg. Before we Krone set out for the artistic exploration of an
and institutions that are interested in theatre
nising rehearsals on off-days and holidays, move to more interactive zoom sessions in office, asking: How do I become a mayoress?
and participation in one way or another -
working hours outside of normal rehearsal the upcoming days, Thursday‘s program can Exclusively for COMMON PLACES – Parti-
making it, watching it, passing by. In this
times, and many other pitfalls. The workshop be enjoyed conveniently as a stream. Make cipation and Theatre, she will give her first
workshop, individual games will be tested,
will outline some solutions to these issues. yourselves comfortable and tune in! inaugural speech in this capacity, taking the
discussed and possibly improved together
Please bring questions and examples from plunge after many conversations, municipal
with the game developers.
your own work practice! council meetings and visits to city halls.
TheatrX - 10 Days, 10 Games is a ten-part
card set that was developed as part of The-
Die Bürgermeister*in (The Mayoress) is a
atrX - The City-Theatre-Future-Experiment
production by Matchbox, the itinerant art and
on behalf of Theater der Jungen Welt as part
culture project in the Rhine-Neckar region, in
of Leipzig - City of Social Movements.
collaboration with Heinrich Böll Foundation
Baden-Württemberg.
Tanja Krone is a director, curator, performer
and musician. In her work she deals with
social participation and art as a space of
Die Bürgermeister*in (The Mayoress), Photo: Arthur Bauer
possibility. She is persistently in search for the
poetic within the documentary.
www.tanjakrone.de
Thursday, 10.03. 6
IVORY TOWER VS. STILLE SLAG (DK)
ART FOR ALL? Music Theatre
Keynote
8pm / Stream / Danish with English subtitles
/ 60 mins / Followed by an artist talk on Zoom
7pm / Stream / German / 30 mins
Art
Discourse
Composition: Louise Alenius | Text and dra-
By Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke (University of
maturgy, artistic direction: Tanja Diers | Di-
Hildesheim)
rection: Tue Biering | Set design: Ida Grarup
| Lighting design: Balder Nørskov | Lighting
In his keynote Julius Heinicke will speak
design assistance: Suni Joensen | Production:
about the emerging self-understanding of
Amanda Tilia Hamelle | Casting: Katharina
participatory projects as an art form and their
Adrian |
most diverse positioning between socio-poli-
tical engagement and aesthetic action. Taking
Performance: Morten Grove Frandsen,
a look at his practice and research activities
Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Julie Meera Albert-
in Southern Africa, he will then offer reflecti-
sen, Kirsten Grove, Mathias Monrad Møller,
ons on the European character of the dis-
Kristian Bordoy og Gustav Johansson, Tanja
course and the (necessary) democratisation of
Bibi Berthelsen, Jannik Vig, Boris Andersen,
cultural institutions.
Habib Moutran, Lars Vesterlund
Julius Heinicke is professor of Cultural Policy
„I hold on. Table-chair-bed torn from the wall.
and holds the UNESCO chair ‘Cultural Policy
Seat and backrest torn apart. The broom
for the Arts in Development’ at the University
overturned and smeared with blood. Chipped,
of Hildesheim. From 2017-2020, he was pro-
broken, bloodstained mirror tiles. You‘ll never
fessor of ‘Applied Cultural Studies’ at Coburg
catch me.“
University of Applied Sciences. Since 2018,
he has been project manager of the research
What happens to the body when you are
project ‘Interfaces between High Culture and
locked up? Text and music of Stille Slag are
Cultural Education’.
based on interviews with former inmates of
Danish prisons who appear on stage as silent
performers. With the help of a composition
for seven voices, opera singers create a dense
atmosphere around them, which illustrates the
effects of isolation on human beings.
Stille Slag, Photo: Søren Meisner
A production of Østerbro Teater Copenhagen.
Friday, 11.03. 7
NOW PRESENTING: OPERA MEETS DEMOCRACY - LET’S MOVE:
ART! ACTIVISM TOXIC FOR THE AEROBIC-SESSION
Talk on the aesthetics of participation Talk on participatory music theatre
ARTS? 2pm / Zoom / no language needed / 30 mins
Debate on the limits of participation
10am / Zoom / German with English 11.15am / Zoom / German with English trans-
translation / 60 mins lation / 60 mins Socializing
12.30am / Zoom / German with English
translation / 60 mins
Discourse Discourse With: Manuel Flickinger
Discourse
With: Max Glauner (author and lecturer), With: Artists from the collective Lauratibor, Raise your hands! One third of COMMON
Sebastian Hannak (stage designer), Tobias Anna Chernomordik (dramaturg, Musikthea- PLACES is already over and it‘s time to
With: Antigone Akgün (dramaturg, Ayşe X
Rausch (director and dramaturg, Head of the ter im Revier Gelsenkirchen) & Ulf Schmidt strengthen your back, stretch your legs and
Staatstheater), Alexander Koch (director,
Bürger:Bühne at the Staatsschauspiel Dres- (author), Dennis Depta & Marielle Sterra move your head to keep your mind flexib-
Neue Auftraggeber Germany), Monika Schill
den), Beata Anna Schmutz (director, Head of (glanz&krawall) le. Manuel Flickinger, aerobics trainer and
(director, Cultural Office Ludwigshafen),
the Stadtensemble Mannheim) Moderator: Barbara Wendland participant of German tv show Ich bin ein Star
Julian Warner (cultural anthropologist and
Moderator: Lena Mallmann - holt mich hier raus as well as a member
designated director of Brecht Festival Augs-
In the face of music theatre’s hermetic form of Mannheim City Ensemble (Mannheimer
burg)
The invited theatre makers are strong advo- and powerful tradition, participation rarely Stadtensemble), is making us move right after
Moderator: Beata Anna Schmutz
cates for their participatory work as an art has a chance to blossom. Nevertheless, there lunch. Let’s loosen up our limbs and get into
form of its own. They talk about aesthetics, are examples of a fruitful connection between the right mood to watch and talk about dance
How much grassroots democracy can art
methods and formats that are strongly based participation, political activism and the opera practice in the afternoon. And remember:
handle? Some participatory processes leave-
on an open and collaborative work approach. genre. We are happy to present: Stadt der Rhythm isn‘t everything. Keep cameras swit-
disappointed participants behind, while at the
What kind of training, which skills are neces- Arbeit (City of Work) by Volker Lösch and ched on or off, as you prefer!
same time not offering the ‘fresh perspective’
sary to work with non-professional perfor- Ulf Schmidt, a musical/theatrical project with
the institutions had hoped for. A broad panel
mers? Theoretical perspectives broaden the citizens of Gelsenkirchen who struggle with
discusses the assignment that theatres and
discussion: coming from the predominantly the hardships of a fictitious workhouse. Wem
galleries receive along with their extensi-
biographical approaches of the ‘citizen‘s gehört Lauratibor? (Who owns Lauratibor?),
ve public funding and the corresponding
stages’, genres and formats have multiplied in a large-scale project on the gentrification of
responsibility to engage in a dialogue with
the last 15 years as visual arts and contempo- a neighbourhood in Berlin. And last but not
their visitors - and with their non-visitors.
rary media are entering, boundaries between least the collective glanz&krawall, working
Is participation a working method or a goal
disciplines as well as between performers on its vision of a cross-disciplinary music
of cultural policy? Die Neuen Auftraggeber
and audiences become blurred, spectators theatre that blithely seeks confrontation with
(The New Commissioners) have imported an
become collaborators. Regarding the overall the rest of society.
idea from France that not only enables co-de-
program of COMMON PLACES the broad
termination, but builds on it: art projects as
panel will talk about swarm intelligence,
citizens‘ initiatives. Could this be a model for
equal footing, about questions of professio-
theatres, too?
nalisation, their understanding of art, about,
well, actually everything.
Friday, 11.03. 8
THE CITY AS SHIFTING FACES (NL) RHYTHM ISN’T
A PLACE OF Dance piece by Joop Oonk & Misiconi
Dance Company
EVERYTHING
KNOWLEDGE Talk on dance and empowerment
Workshop III 2.30pm / Stream / no language needed &
3pm / Zoom / Englisch / 45 mins
English with audio description / 30 mins
2.30-6.30pm / Zoom / German & English
Discourse
Art
Workshop
With: Monica Delgadillo Aguilar (choreo-
By Misiconi Dance Company | Artistic direc-
grapher, Tanz die Toleranz Wien), Joop Oonk
With: Univ. Prof. Ulrike Hatzer (director of the tion and choreography: Joop Oonk | Drama-
(choreographer, Misiconi Dance Company
MA programme “Applied Theatre – Artistic turgy: Floor Cremers | Music: Ed de Vos Cos-
NL), Graham Smith (choreographer, Munici-
theatre practice & society”, Mozarteum Uni- tume | Costume Design: Esmée Thomassen
pal Theatre Freiburg)
versity Salzburg, Austria) | Light Design: Sanne Hensen | Performance:
Moderator: Lea Gerschwitz
Mathilde Dirkzwager, Eric Heijmans, Suzan-
Who or what shapes the narrative of a city? ne Lamers, Jordy Ruhl, Claudia Scaringella,
Many people would rather dance in dark
Which knowledge, which skills are hidden in Manouk Schrauwen, Saskia Spierenburg,
clubs with loud music, artificial smoke and
the architecture of a place? Isn‘t the city the Enya Straver
flickering lights than go out on a stage! The
true expert when it comes to participation
fear of being judged for one’s awkward
and sharing? Shifting Faces reflects on the versatility and
movements is too strong. Western societies
Based on theoretical impulses, e.g. on wal- diversity of humans and its polar opposite,
are characterised by the difficult relationship
king, listening or performative urbanism, this the manufacturing of absolute uniformity.
to one‘s own body and to bodies in society,
workshop is focused on developing ideas on How synchronous, identical and flawless can
making participatory dance work in Central
how to explore a city in dialogue form. The we be as people in this society? What is ‚the
Europe particularly challenging, but also par-
workshop claims that, at least rudimentary, norm‘? Using face masks, the body itself
ticularly empowering - if fixed ideas of ‘skill’
all ingredients for a University for Participa- becomes the central, non-verbal storyteller
or ‘talent’ can be overcome in the process.
tion are already present in every city., One can in Shifting Faces. As in all of their pieces,
At the same time, the physical approach can
find fragments, unearth treasures in the layers Misiconi Dance Company questions norma-
facilitate communication across language
of places and spaces. To be precise, we deal tive thinking and the paradigm of equality
barriers. After having watched Shifting Faces,
with an ‘un-university’ here, that has fore- and celebrates the difference of their dancers
three representatives from companies in
sightfully said goodbye to the hierarchies of as their greatest asset. The unique physical
Germany, Austria and the Netherlands discuss
knowledge certificates and degrees. It treats and emotional strengths of dancers with and
how dance can become a form of expression
its inhabitants as students and lecturers at the without disabilities create their aesthetic and
for anyone and how standard ideas of techni-
same time, in a constant exchange between expressive power.
que and physique aren’t the end-all, be-all for
these two roles.
artistic quality.
www.misiconi.nl
Shifting Faces, Photo: Sjoerd Derine
Friday, 11.03. 9
SPOTLIGHTS Anuja Ghosalkar is the founder of the
documentary theatre group Drama Queen,
I REMEMBER (GB) With their projects, Andy & Beckie provi-
de children with the tools to reflect on and
INTERNATIONAL which has been challenging and developing
Short film
articulate their experience of the world, and
From Poland, India and Great Britain India’s strong theatre tradition since 2015. create situations in which adults can really
6.30pm / Stream / English / 15 mins
In her practice, she searches for the missing listen to children with the kind of seriousness
4.15pm / Zoom / English / 3x 45 mins stories, for new narratives on gender and and concentration they normally only reserve
Art
intimacy, and tries to overcome hierarchies for other adults.
Discourse between audience and performers. Her latest
Concept, realisation and editing: Andy Field,
work, The Lonely Hearts Club, emerged in Commissioned by Norfolk & Norwich Festi-
Beckie Darlington | Music: Tom Parkinson |
With: Anuja Ghosalkar (director, theatre fa- the midst of the pandemic as an Instagram val. With thanks to Sarah Witcomb, Heather
With: Children of the Norwich Primary Aca-
cilitator), Jemma McDonnell (director, Paper project about eroticism, taboos, and our con- Denny and all the staff and students of Nor-
demy in Norfolk
Birds), Bartosz Zimniak (artist & curator, nection with screens. Anuja introduces her wich Primary Academy.
MEWKA Gallery Gdańsk), Andy Fields & own work in times of rising cultural conser-
I Remember is an imaginary documentary
Beckie Darlington (artist duo vatism in India and explains the conditions www.andyandbeckie.com
set 50 years in the future in which a group
Andy & Beckie) and consequences of her participatory work.
of children plays themselves many years in
Moderator: Lena Mallmann
the future and looks back on today’s present.
@anujaghosalkar
In grey wigs and crooked moustaches, the
What does participatory art look like beyond
now-elderly interviewees in 2071 look back
the German-speaking world? Artists from Using the example of The School of Hope,
on their childhood and in particular the ex-
Poland, India and Great Britain share how their 2021 international digital multimedia
perience of growing up during the COVID-19
participation is anchored in their own work project about empathy, Jenna McDonnell,
pandemic. Their imagined memories and
and in the discourse of their respective the artistic director of the British collective
hard-won wisdom offer a safe distance from
countries. The Paper Birds, talks about the importance
which the audience can reflect on the pande-
of collective learning for her work. The Pa-
mic and its consequences.
Polish intermedia artist Bartosz Zimniak per Birds use the British tradition of „verba-
talks about „socially engaged galleries“ (Ga- tim theatre,“ a documentary form that often
leria Społecznie Zaangażowana) in Poland works exclusively with verbatim interviews.
that combine community arts and neig- Also, the British artist duo Andy & Beckie
hbourhood gatherings with the production will introduce their creative projects that
and exhibition of art. In 2017, he founded initiate new kinds of conversations between
MEWKA Socially Engaged Gallery in the children and adults, before we watch their
Nowy Port district of Gdansk, where he cu- short film I Remember as an example.
rates and organises exhibitions, workshops
and thematic talks together with the neig- www.thepaperbirds.com
hbourhood, local communities and artists.
@mewkagaleriazaangazowana
Still: I Remember
Friday, 11.03. Saturday, 12.03. 10
REVISITING YOUR WORD IN MY “BÜRGER:IN- LET’S NETWORK
“ARTIFICIAL HELLS” MOUTH (BE/DE) NEN:BÜHNEN” Open Space
Lecture on participatory art in the 2010s Scripted conversation Book presentation
10am / Zoom / German & English / 60 mins
7pm / Stream / English / 60 mins Zoom / 8pm / English 9.30am / Zoom / German / 30 mins
Socializing
Brussels version 2019
Discourse Zoom / 8.30pm / German Discourse
On Saturday Morning, like in every good
Hannover version 2017
festival, we offer an opportunity to network,
With: Claire Bishop (art critic and professor, 60 mins With: Hannes Langer
to get to know existing initiatives, establish
City University New York) Followed by an artist talk on Zoom (director Bürgerbühne, Kleist Forum Frank-
new contacts and deepen discussions from
furt a. d. Oder)
the previous days. We operate with the open
It‘s been ten years since Claire Bishop publis- Art
space method: at the beginning all attendees
hed “Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the In numerous conversations with social scien-
can propose topics for discussion, which are
Politics of Spectatorship” (Verso, 2012). In an- By Anna Rispoli, Lotte Lindner & tists, theatre educators, artists, and practitio-
then taken up in breakout rooms.
ticipation of a reprint to mark the book‘s tenth Till Steinbrenner ners of community theatre in 2021, Hannes
And we bring some suggestions, too: artists
anniversary, this talk will gauge the develop- Langer and Katja Münster questioned the
involved in the festival will offer exten-
ment of participation over the last decade in Your Word in My Mouth brings various real- institutionalisation of participatory theatre,
ded talks about their works. Ulrike Hatzer
art and performance and beyond. It will revisit life characters into conversation with each the ‘Bürgerbühnen’ at German municipal and
introduces the network PAC, the Permanent
the book’s blind spots - namely, omissions other by having the audience lend them their state theatres. In the resulting book, which
Conference in Higher Education in the
concerning technology and race - and reflect voices. Among others, a polyamorist, a foot- will be published by Beltz-Juventa Verlag
Field of Performing Arts. And Ant Hampton
on how the book’s central aesthetic argument, ball-crazy teenage girl, a notary specialising in spring 2023, they address the question
presents Showing Without Going (www.vidy.
in favour of antagonism, has lost force in the in matrimonial contracts, a sex assistant for whether this institutionalisation advances or
ch/en/showing-without-going), a free working
last decade. people with disabilities and a Belgo-Congole- hinders participatory working methods. At a
tool and resource developed with Théatre
se widow have a talk. Their specific relation- digital breakfast Hannes Langer offers first
Vidy-Lausanne and an international working
Claire Bishop is a critic and professor in the ships to love and desire question the very insights from their interviews and conversa-
group, creating approaches to the presenting
PhD Program in Art History at the Graduate private strategies each of us uses to negotiate tions.
and touring of live performance in times of
Center, City University of New York. She is one‘s place in a democracy in crises. Readers
limited travel. We are happy to assist with the
a Contributing Editor of Artforum, and her can find out what it feels like to express views,
exchange of contact details.
essays and books have been translated into values, and needs that are not their own. But
twenty languages. Her most recent publication you can also just sign up as a listener.
is a book of conversations with Cuban artist
Tania Bruguera (Cisneros, 2020). Anna Rispoli works in art and activism and
performatively explores the relationship bet-
ween people, cities, identities.
Your Word In My Mouth, Photo: Bea Borgers
www.annarispoli.beSaturday, 12.03. 11
INSTITUTIONS SPOTLIGHTS 5x5 VILLAGE PEOPLE COLLECTIVE
SEEKING ADVICE Five project presentations Talk on art and participation in rural areas
FEMALE* WORKING
Sharing experiences on program advisory
boards
11am / Zoom / German / 60 mins 12 pm / Zoom / German with English METHODS
translation / 60 mins Workshop IV for FLINTA*
Socializing
11am / Zoom / English / 60 mins
Discourse 12-4pm / Zoom / English & German
This is where artists introduce themselves.
Discourse
We have selected only the bravest to present With: David Adler und Josefa Baum (Kultur- Workshop
themselves and their projects in 5 minutes. landbüro), Janette Mickan (director & author,
With: Dörte Ilsabe Dennemann (curator,
Not much time considering that the works collective LUNATIKS), Barbara Sterzenbach With: Katharina Oberlik (freelance theatre
Kunsthalle Mannheim), Rob Drummer
shown have taken months or even years of (educational scientist, University of Koblenz- practitioner)
(Artistic Director Boundless Theatre South
dedication. Hopefully it will be enough to get Landau)
Bermondsey, Luca Ricci (Artistic Direc-
an impression, make contacts and broaden Moderator: Lea Gerschwitz Female Buddies is a performance and video
tor Kilowatt Festival Sansepolcro), André
the view of the diversity of participatory pro- project that emerged during the pandemic
Uelner (diversity change agent,Deutsche
jects. After the project presentations there will Community, civil engagement, undiscovered lockdown in 2021. For six months, 13 female
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz), Eva
be an opportunity to get together in breakout stories - isn‘t this much more likely to be performers from Germany, Burkina Faso
Wolfesberger and representatives of the
rooms. found in the countryside than on the urban and Indonesia were connected via video
respective advisory boards
‘citizens’ stage’? Village residencies and sup- conferences. They developed collective
Moderator: Stefanie Bub (Ludwigshafen
MEDEA.chor port programs for rural areas are booming in working methods that can be tested and
Cultural Office / dasHaus Cultural Centre)
By PRUNK&PLASTE many places. Cultural policy aspirations meet reflected upon in this workshop. During the
www.prunkundplaste.de the realities of participatory work, which four hours all participants will get to know
Ten years ago the so-called ‘citizens‘ stages’
often move between a supposed cultural need the project and have time to dive into collec-
cropped up, while today it is the advisory
Besser Sterben - in rural areas and the search for new aesthetic tive working themselves. In our own living
boards that are growing and flourishing.
Eine Kaffeefahrt mit dem Tod forms and methods. It starts, however, with space we will work on common tasks and
Theatres, festivals, museums, and cultu-
By Theaterkollektiv Behrmann / Koch / residents and artists meeting each other in develop female characters that come to light
ral centers are ‘opening up’ and inviting
Mielich unfamiliar surroundings. What characterises when we stage ourselves.
citizens to participate in programming, who
www.rubybehrmann.de successful (or failed) community work away
then find themselves on an ‘advisory board’
from the big cities and what do we learn from Katharina Oberlik is a director and per-
or as a ‘critical friend’. Examples from
Shell Game – Lost in Paranoialand it? This is one of the topics discussed by former, long-time member and co-founder
Italy, Great Britain, Austria and Germany
By Anna Kpok experts from practice and research. of She She Pop. She is a lecturer at the
shed light on experiences from advisory
www.annakpok.de Theaterakademie Hamburg, among others,
board work. What are the prerequisites on
and works in free collaborations, e.g. with
the part of the institutions? What can and
Über Freund:innenschaft Hajusom and Meine Damen und Herren. In
should be expected of citizens? An honest
By Anna-Kirstine Linke 2020 she founded the female network Per-
review: Does the advisory board need the
forming Females as a label for new narrati-
institution or does the institution need the
3 WOODS ves in female self-expression.
advisory board?
By Mia & Eric (CAN)
www.miaanderic.ca www.katharinaoberlik.com
www.3-woods.comSaturday, 12.03. 12
STORYTELLING SETTINGS AND WRITING FOR THE AUTOTEATRO
WITH DIGITAL STRATEGIES OF DIGITAL SPACE Workshop VIII
MEANS INTERACTION Workshop VII
2-4 pm / Zoom / English
Workshop V Workshop VI
2-4pm / Zoom / German
Workshop
12-2pm / Zoom / German 12-2pm / Zoom / German
Workshop
With: Ant Hampton (artist)
Workshop Workshop
With: Seda Keskinkılıç-Brück (author, Institut
Coming from his practice of guiding people
für Digitaldramatik)
With: Ilja Mirsky (dramaturg & media ar- With: Janina Janke (stage designer) & through „unrehearsed performance situati-
tist), Florian Giese & Marc-André Angela Löer (dramaturg, performer) ons,“ in 2007 Ant Hampton developed a for-
As an introduction to the topic, the Institut
Steffen (actors), Karin Nissen-Rizvani (ar- mat that became known as „Autoteatro“. In
für Digitaldramatik (Institute for Digital
tistic director, Klabauter Theater) In recent years, the collective Turbo Pascal Autoteatro, audience members perform the
Dramatic Art) will be presenting its work. At
has realised a variety of artistic works that piece themselves, for each other. By means
the Institute, recently founded at the National
In the theatre project Mythen der Zweck- understand theatre and/or the public space of instructions via audio, visual cues or text
Theatre in Mannheim, nine fellows explo-
mäßigkeit (Myths of Expediency), created as a place of encounter and gathering. In for what to do or say, but without a game
re how texts can be created for new digital
in 2021 at the Klabauter Theater Hamburg, interactive and communicative settings, master or performer, the spectators are
stages and whether writing in these spaces
advanced digital means such as avatars, the audience itself becomes the subject, guided through the situations - their actions
requires entirely new artistic strategies.
holograms, live camera, body scans and developing its own dynamic. Janina Janke or non-actions become the performance.
landscape projections expand the artistic and Angela Löer tell us how these settings
For the participants, too, no sentence will
expression of the ensemble. In the work- are created and what they require. They Autoteatro distinguishes itself from game
remain the same after this digital workshop.
shop with the dramaturg and media artist share their communicative strategies and design - there is no need for special skills
Together we will find our way into a digital
Ilja Mirsky, Karin Nissen-Rizvani (concept test different interactive formats in a digital among the spectators, there is nothing to
writing flow and celebrate rewriting and
and direction) and actors of the Klabauter space with the participants. win and no reason to act in competition
deleting, copying and changing sentences.
ensemble, some of these media extensions with others. The Autoteatro pieces continue
Together we seek new formats such as creati-
will be presented,tried out and discussed. Angela Löer studied cultural studies and to tour widely, in over 60 different langua-
ve writing for and in digital spaces.
aesthetic practice in Hildesheim and ge versions. For COMMON PLACES, Ant
Ilja Mirsky is dramaturge and programmer Aix-en-Provence, works as a dramaturg Hampton will introduce this strand of his
Seda Keskinkılıç is a freelance writer who
at the Institute for Theatrical Futurology and theatre pedagogue, and is a founding work in a two-hour workshop, including the
writes prose, poetry, and for the stage. She
(ITZ) at the Zimmertheater Tübingen. He is member and performer in the collective chance to experience excerpts of certain
studied literature and philosophy at the
doing his PhD and lecturing on theatre and Turbo Pascal. pieces including his most recent collabora-
University of Heidelberg. As a fellow at the
artificial intelligence. tion with Tim Etchells, Not to Scale.
Institute for Digital Drama, she explores
Janina Janke studied stage design at the
immersive writing in digital formats.
The Klabauter Theater is part of the Rau- Berlin University of the Arts. In addition www.anthampton.com
hes Haus Foundation and one of the eight to her exploratory art projects on striking
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
Hamburg off stages - off mainstream. The architectures and public spaces, she works
inclusive ensemble develops its own plays as a freelance stage and costume designer
or reworks well-known stories, creating for theatre and opera, regularly for the per-
unconventional and touching productions formance collective Turbo Pascal.
for a broad audience.
www.turbopascal.info
www.klabauter-theater.deSaturday, 12.03. 13
VERSCHWÖRT BETTER TOGETHER BESSER IST euros of evening fee. From now on
we will pay according to output - the
EUCH! (DE) Talk with i can be your translator
BESSER (DE) audience decides. After all, we are
Performance Performance happy citizens of a fair performance-based
6pm / Zoom / German / 30 mins
society.
4pm / Stream / German with English 6.30pm / Stream / German / 105 mins /
Discourse
subtitles / 60 mins Followed by an artist talk on Zoom A production of i can be your translator /
Followed by an artist talk on Zoom inTakt e.V. in co-production with Ringlok-
Moderator: Charlotte Arens
Art schuppen Ruhr Mülheim and Theater im
Art Depot Dortmund.
Before we watch their production besser ist
Concept: i can be your translator | Design:
besser (better is better), the collective i can
Text and direction: Janette Mickan, Sarah Birk-André Hildebrandt | Music: Christian Funded by: Ministry of Culture and Science of
be your translator introduces itself. They
Johanna Steinfelder | Scenography and costu- Fleck | Dramaturgy: Philipp Schulte | Cos- the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW
talk about their rehearsal process and their
mes: Soojin Oh Sound | Design: Haesoo Eshu tume: Julia Strauß | Production Manage- Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Fonds
consistent work on equal footing - despite or
Jung | Lighting design: Josef Maaß | Per- ment: Maren Becker | Assistance: Sabrina Darstellende Künste with funds from the Fe-
even because of different abilities and ideas
formance: Judith Florence Ehrhardt | Cine- Leistner, Björn Lammers | Performance: Lis deral Government Commissioner for Culture
within the ensemble and the team.
matography: Manuel Kinzer, Nils Linscheidt, Marie Diehl, Linda Fisahn, Christian Fleck, and the Media, from the Kunststiftung NRW
Olaf Saumer | Sound: Hossein Roushankar | Julia Hülsken, Lina Jung, Anna Reizbikh, and the Cultural Office of the City of Dort-
Postproduction: FILMGESTALTEN Christoph Rodatz, Christian Schöttelndreier, mund.
Laurens Wältken With the kind support of: DEW21.
Did the moon landing actually happen? Was
it the G5 mobile network expansion in Wu- We want to fence www.icanbeyourtranslator.de
han that caused the emergence of COVID-19?
Has the political elite been replaced by alien We want to fight
reptiles?
We have muscles
Verschwört euch! (Conspire!) is a research-
based, interactive solo performance that Everyone draws from the full:
searches for the performative qualities of
conspiracy narratives. Gathered from research The performers on stage show their
in literature, social networks and conversati- abilities.
ons with convinced and critics, a multi-per-
spectival monologue emerged. It explores the The audience rewards not only with
possibilities of how we can stay in conversa- applause.
tion with each other.
With a little effort, you can make it to
besser ist besser, Photo: Oskar Neubauer
Verschwört euch!, Photo: Kira Hofmann
In cooperation with Artistania e. V. / Suppor- the top!
ted by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds
from the Federal Government Commissioner The arena is open, the distribution of
for Culture and the Media as part of NEU- money shall begin.
START KULTUR. #TakePart #TakeAction
We lay the foundation for a fair and
www.verschwoert-euch.de adequate payment for all artists on
stage. In the pot are several thousand14
ONLINE VENUES IMPRINT A
Das Festival takes place digitally on the Curation and Organisation:
Streaming-Plattform www.dringeblieben.de Stefanie Heiner, Lena Mallmann, Silke Roth
and the conference-platform Zoom. (Volkstheater, Baden State Theatre Karlsru-
he), Beata Anna Schmutz, Charlotte Arens
(Stadtensemble, National Theatre Mann-
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Ludwigshafen), Lea Gerschwitz (Matchbox,
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open throughout the festival. Questions about Kaufmann (FSJ Volkstheater), Emily Keller
the programme and how to use Zoom will be (Organisation, National Theatre Mannheim),
answered here. Mareike Urban (BuFdi Volkstheater), Judith
Völkel (Fundraising, National Theatre Mann-
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the trades and departments involved at the Baden-Württemberg.
National Theatre Mannheim, Baden State
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hafen and Matchbox/Cultural Office of the of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe e. V.
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