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Saturday, 22 April 2023
3-5 pm
Sunday, 23 April 2023
11 am–1 pm
FUNDUS Theater
There will be a workshop on the exhibition on Friday, 4/21, from 4-6 PM. Registration is requested: post@fundus-theater.de
Welcome to the exhibition of the FUNDUS Theater. Choose one of our many everyday objects from the Fundus and elicit its possibilities! Here, adults and children can dive in, discover a thing of their choice sensually and go on an expedition with it to its personality. The various stations offer you ever new inspiration. What name could your object have? What story brought it here? In the end it finds its place on the stage and it comes into being: The Assembly of Things.
Since 1980, FUNDUS THEATER has been transporting its audiences to a paradise of signs, where image and language, gesture and material, dance figure and sound stand side by side on an equal footing. In 2003, Research Theater emerged from this tradition as a scenic laboratory dedicated entirely to research between childhood, art and science. Formats and procedures of performance art allow the co-researchers their own access.
idea & concept:Tine Krieg, Sylvia Deinert
realisation:Tanja Gwiasda, Gyde Borth, Christopher Weymann, Sylvia Deinert, Alexander Nham, Jan Gwiasda, Frank Helmrich, Tine Krieg, Nicolas Wolf, Christian Hilgers u.a.
FILM:Hanno Krieg
music:Tanja Gwiasda, Michael Döhnert
Photography »THINGS«:Gyde Borth
technicians:Nicolas Wolf, Frank Helmrich, Christian Hilgers
digital technicians:Christopher Weymann, Alexander Nham
In cooperation with the Hamburg Performing Arts Festival - Hauptsache Frei.
Die Versammlung der Dinge (The Gathering of Things) is an interactive exhibition. Visitors can create their own story individually or as a small group at their own pace at individual stations that build on one another. Not all stations have to be completed. A visit to the assembly takes about 45 minutes and is recommended for ages six and up. The visit can be started, paused and ended at any time during the period. People with mobility impairments can access the exhibition via an elevator. In some cases, stations can only be experienced in parts by people with sensory or mobility impairments. At one station, various songs and sounds must be heard. At one station, a projection is animated with one's own body. At one station, a thing must be selected visually. These stations do not have to be visited. For people for whom the above stations represent barriers, it is recommended to visit the exhibition with an accompaniment who can translate if necessary. Each station is also staffed by a person from Fundus Theater and can provide low-threshold responses to barriers. If you have questions or would like more information about accessibility, please contact the Participation Office at christopher.weymann@hauptsachefrei.de. Please note that details are subject to change until the day of the event.
Do you wish to be accompanied if you are visually impaired or blind, or do you wish to have a companion who can translate into DSG for you? Then write to the Participation Office up to one week before the visit and we will try to make this possible: christopher.weymann@hauptsache-frei.de
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