In semi-darkness, people scurry through the picture, moving almost silently, hardly speaking. Their costumes give us a notion – which is then clarified by the announcement that the performance is about to begin and everyone should get in place: We are at the theatre. But our attention is not focused on the stage, we are looking backstage where actors and actresses are waiting for the moment of their appearance, they gather and then disappear from the camera’s field of view. That their appearance on stage is also the moment they leave the camera’s field of view makes it an exit. Jakob Engel turns the stage around, he makes what is behind to what is in front, thus raising the question where the theatre actually begins. The about-face also applies to the acoustic backdrop: It isn’t the spoken word that stands out, it is the background noise, like rustling or whispering, as if at the moment of most intense expectancy, the senses are particularly honed for what is otherwise incidental.
Kamera: Jakob Engel, Sebastian Moske Editing/Sound design: Jakob Engel, Sebastian Moske / Kostüm: Hannah Petersen / Assistenz: Juliane Behneke / Bühnentechnik: Nina Krüger Bühnenlicht: Anna-Lena Wendt, Andreas Juchheim / Bühnenton: Markus Menzel, Katja Haase / Mit: Nina Krüger, Juliane Behneke, Kajta Haase, Markus Menzel, Andreas Juchheim, Elena Beyersdorf, Naiomi Buesing, Linda Stockfleth, Julia Baskal, Toini Ruhnke, Jamie Leunert, Silas Gutdeutsch, Patrick Engelhardt, Lorenz Hochhuth, Ana De Zubiaurre Racis, Maischa Pingel / Danke an: Michael Müller, Jeanne Faust, Lutz Jelinski
mit freundlicher Unterstützung des Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Gezeigt im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Warten" in der Hamburger Kunsthalle.
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