Vom Ende her
szenography / audiowalk
, IN SITU, Cologne/Pristina 2023/24
„After All. A Requiem of the Fossil Age“ is an audio performance for public space. Visitors gather as a group, are given headphones, and walk together across an abandoned works site to a semi-open pink pavilion. A fire is lit in their midst as found objects from their walk, guided by artist Paula Erstmann, are burned and made into tea and food. The spoken text over headphones is complemented by a live musical performance by trombonist Moritz Anthes and sound artist Thomas Meckel.
We look from the end: on the narrative level of the performance, we first walk imaginarily in the ruinous landscapes of the future, which are marked by a massive overheating of the earth. As distancing and pausing, grief is the vehicle that makes it possible in the first place to land on the contaminated soil, saturated with heavy oil and gasoline, and become „terrestrial.“ The performance ends with a communal meal of the prepared food in front of the tent. The goal is to reach an understanding about how to deal with the climate catastrophe and to imagine radically different ways of living.
Conception: Jakob Engel, Paula Erstmann, Jascha Sommer / Performance: Paula Erstmann / Text: Jascha Sommer, Jakob Engel, Laura Strack / Scenography: Jakob Engel / Dramaturgy: Laura Strack / Music: Moritz Anthes / Sound design: Thomas Meckel /
Sound recording: Felix Breuel
The work is a co-production with FWT Cologne and Bildstörung Festival Detmold. In addition, Jakob Engel and Jascha Sommer have been part of IN SITU - The European platform for artistic creation in public space since this year, which offers support in arranging guest performances at festivals of the European partners.
Vom Ende her
szenography / audiowalk
, IN SITU, Cologne/Pristina 2023/24
„After All. A Requiem of the Fossil Age“ is an audio performance for public space. Visitors gather as a group, are given headphones, and walk together across an abandoned works site to a semi-open pink pavilion. A fire is lit in their midst as found objects from their walk, guided by artist Paula Erstmann, are burned and made into tea and food. The spoken text over headphones is complemented by a live musical performance by trombonist Moritz Anthes and sound artist Thomas Meckel.
We look from the end: on the narrative level of the performance, we first walk imaginarily in the ruinous landscapes of the future, which are marked by a massive overheating of the earth. As distancing and pausing, grief is the vehicle that makes it possible in the first place to land on the contaminated soil, saturated with heavy oil and gasoline, and become „terrestrial.“ The performance ends with a communal meal of the prepared food in front of the tent. The goal is to reach an understanding about how to deal with the climate catastrophe and to imagine radically different ways of living.
Conception: Jakob Engel, Paula Erstmann, Jascha Sommer / Performance: Paula Erstmann / Text: Jascha Sommer, Jakob Engel, Laura Strack / Scenography: Jakob Engel / Dramaturgy: Laura Strack / Music: Moritz Anthes / Sound design: Thomas Meckel /
Sound recording: Felix Breuel
The work is a co-production with FWT Cologne and Bildstörung Festival Detmold. In addition, Jakob Engel and Jascha Sommer have been part of IN SITU - The European platform for artistic creation in public space since this year, which offers support in arranging guest performances at festivals of the European partners.