performances 2023

"abhängigkeiten" (dependencies) is an ongoing artwork and is completed during the performance itself. It deals with questions such as: How do dependencies arise? Where are the boundaries between protective and oppressive dependencies? How can we reflect on and empower ourselves within these ...

In the mid-20th century, John Cage used rudimentary preparations to turn a piano into an African-style percussion instrument. The piano interface "Alter Piano" tries to turn a piano into a rabid modem. 12 digitally controlled electric motors on 12 ...

Freemotion sees itself as a project, as a collective and also as a philosophy. Through dance and movement, something unifying is created, a collective space is filled with energy, in which the dancers communicate with each other through their individual language of movement and come into play. With ...

Looking for enlightening? In Braggartclub_berlin, where Dadaism today takes hold, We revel in nonsense, wit, and stories told. Sound poems, letter poems, creating a riotous blend, Absurdity unleashed, with no limits to transcend. INTERESTED ...

Interactive audiovisual performance installation. Eigenklang is indescribable. Due to the changing settings, diverse participants and the research impetus of the eponymous collective, every experience is different. Sound playground, team building, sound therapy, audio trip? The technical ...

Dance Theater. The complex and intersectional theme of the performance relates to decolonial thought, literature, somatic practices, and our body knowledge that we inherit through our realities. The aesthetics of our bodies are deeply ...

"Historia de un Amor" is a theatrical concert that tells, through music, mainly of Latin American origin, about our relationship with love and the way it has been represented in our culture. The performance combines different perspectives to talk about ...

Immersive Performance. The term trash is applied to various contemporary cultural phenomena. Wikipedia defines trash as a "direction in music, literature, and film for which deliberately banal, trivial, or primitive-looking ...

Reading. "Intermittenz" wants to explore and seek out in-between worlds, wavering and disappearing into the details, only to return to focus on the whole shortly thereafter. Reading from serious case of deformation Saturday 11.30-13 h Church

Jeanne Dark, Witchcraft and Counterculture II. Jeanne returns to the Detect Festival to shed light on more chapters of her story. Having previously preached goddesses for rebellion, been burned and reborn, this time Jeanne will offer a glimpse into her pagan life and her ...

Pop-Up Exhibition. "Dürum" is a fascinating series of 20 paintings, each of which does not exceed a width and length of one meter. This series uniquely combines the popular food culture of Germany with the iconic ...

Nest deals with the primary connection between bodies that are in an abstract dialogue. Transmission of food, perceptions through pleasure. Exploration within limits. Domination or protection? The show explores the boundaries from birth to sexual intercourse, playing ...

Being in between always seemed like a blessing and a curse at the same time, but that's exactly what Arezoo has turned into her strength in recent years. In search of her own expression, she found herself balancing her extremes - between gentleness and harshness, letting go and holding on. With ...

Interactive art installation. Using an old but original method, we will distribute your greetings, written flirtations and life-enhancing messages to recipients throughout the festival, all the way to the campsite. At our post office near the KOKON floor you can write ...

Listening to what my subconscious has to say through my body is like listening to the whole ocean in a shell. Performer*in: Jascha Antonia Rödel Friday 23.30 - Saturday 0.30 Studio 3

Play. The constant suppression of one's own longing leaves traces. SO WIE IHR UNS WOLLTET (The Way You Wanted Us) sheds light on the inner desire, the inner search to remain socially acceptable. A search for stable identities outside the ...

Soeur. I am my sister. i am my body. i am my soul. i am my words. i am sound. i am my movements. Soeur is a project composed of atmospheric sounds, German poetry and contemporary dance. Performers: Gesa (she/her), Passainte ...

"somatic synths" is a transformative journey that invites you to take part in a sensory and somatic experience. It is accompanied by live music ranging from ambient sounds to downtempo and techno - depending on the mood. As an introduction, participants are guided through meditation, breathing and ...

Nobinary Creatures on the Road. Walking Act. Escaped. From a utopian parallel world. Tenderly we invite you to touch our feelers and get to know our unlocations. Let us digest together. Performers: Fine Kroke Celine, Zoé Krüger, Elianne Frida Stroomer, Bariš Özbük, Nadia ...

The Berlin Minstrels are taken from medieval times and brought to the 21st century in Hasenheide Park. They are a nomadic character who wanders through parks, squares and lateis, entertaining passers-by and passing on the information they glean from other places. They do this by playing with lyrics, ...

"The Voice of Blood" is a dance and movement performance, a visual choreography and a sonic journey. It revolves around the relationship between the spirit and the body that contains it, the veiled mystery of the intangible and the and the immediacy of the flesh, ...

A contemporary, interdisciplinary theater performance on mental illness and society. Performers: Delia (she/her), Christa (she/her). Saturday 14-14.25 Cocoon

A constant process of peeling, scraping off, untying, untangling, unraveling, unrolling, unpacking, tearing, breaking free, decluttering, dusting and outrage. This queer dance, text & sound performance invites you to immerse yourself in different images of a gender journey in a fragmentary way. ...