- 29.03.2019, 3–6 p.m., Admission at any timeAdmission Free, German premiere
- 30.03.2019, 5–8 p.m., Admission at any timeAdmission free
When hunting, polar bears cover their noses with snow in order not to be seen. Every year, sharks kill ca. 12 people. You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath. Butterflies taste with their feet. “CRAZY BUT TRUE” is a staged conference for kids, teens and adults, which satisfies the hunger for crazy facts. Anyone between the age of 8 and 11 can spontaneously and actively participate without prior rehearsal: as experts, they take a seat on stage and can show off their knowledge of clever facts, which are whispered into their ears via headphones, to the adults and older teens, who have made themselves comfortable in the auditorium. All visitors and participants of “CRAZY BUT TRUE” can come, go and return at any time, while a web of crazy, serious and funny facts is woven straight across the globe. All children, who want to actively take part, can come to the info desk in the foyer during the performance without prior registration and play around and get comfortable with the headphones beforehand. There will always be three children together on stage. Every expert is on stage for exactly 12 minutes, then they switch. And if the queue isn’t too long, everyone can go on stage more than once!
ALL IN for people aged 8 and above
Duration: 3 hours– Einlass jederzeit möglich
Language: In German
Mousonturm-Co-production
Translation: Karen Witthuhn / Transfiction
Developed in co-production with Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Artsadmin (London), Kaaitheater (Brussels) and Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Ghent). With the support of Espacios Revelados (Santiago de Chile), Escenas do Cambio (Santiago de Compostela), and ‘No Future’ Performance Biennial (Athens). German Version produced by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt/Main.
Supportet by Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst im Rahmen der intergenerationalen Vermittlungsinitiative ALL IN – FÜR PUBLIKUM JEDEN ALTERS. In cooperation with Starke Stücke 2019.
Biography
Ant Hampton
Die Arbeiten des britischen Performancekünstlers Ant Hampton (* 1975) sind trotz unterschiedlicher Inhalte immer gekennzeichnet von einer deutlichen Spannung zwischen strengen formalen und strukturellen Elementen und solchen, die im Moment der Aufführung gelebt und verhandelt werden. Aus seiner Strategie, Zuschauer*innen durch ungeprobte performative Situationen zu führen, entwickelte er in späteren Arbeiten kleinformatige, intime Projekte, die den Zuschauer selbst einbezogen, und in Cafés („Etiquette“) oder im Lesesaal einer Bibliothek stattfanden („The Quiet Volume“). Seine letzten Arbeiten verhandeln die Kunst nicht mehr innerhalb eines sicheren oder autonomen Ortes, sondern ermutigen das Publikum, selbst Wagnisse einzugehen, mit realen Konsequenzen (“Someone Else”, “The Thing”).
Am Mousonturm war zu sehen: