Live radio play about the 1929 World Congress against Imperialism and Colonialism in Frankfurt
1929, a world congress against imperialism and colonial oppression, in Frankfurt? Indeed! The innovative part: representatives of colonised countries also participating and speaking for themselves. While Paris and London refuse to host the congress, Frankfurt opens its doors... Contacts develop, sparks of direct worldwide solidarity. This is the starting point of this performative reflection. Working with historical artefacts, the artists address in a rotating cast the utopian model of non-hierarchical democracy – which is truly viable when individuals take personal responsibility for general social responsibilities. The issue up for debate is personal points of view, combined with (still) unfulfilled hopes for a better, equitable world. Ultimately: an attempt to artistically enact a historical situation in the here and now.
Infos
Duration: 90 min.
Language: German and English
06.10. artist talk after the show
Mousonturm-Coproduction
World premiere
Sponsors and Supporters
Sophie Agnel: Musik (Piano)
Akademischer Arbeiterliederchor Frankfurt: Lieder von Hanns Eisler
Oliver Augst: Konzept, Realisation, Gesang
Larry Bonćhaka: Musik (Talking Drums), Objekte
Marcel Daemgen: Musik (Electronics), Text-Sampling
Elisa Lou Ehinger: Sprache
Nicole Horny: Mitarbeit Realisation
Sopo Kashakashvili: Text-Projektion, Stimme, Objekte
Philippe Pirotte: Idee
Tracey Rose: Stimme, Performance, Puppenspiel
Melati Suryodarmo: Stimme, Performance
Sadie Woods: Stimme, Deejay, Sound
Produktion: textXTND in Koproduktion mit Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt Medienpartnerschaft und Kooperation: Hessischer Rundfunk hr2 Kultur Hörspiel
Gefördert durch: Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain
Projektträger: Spinnkultur e. V.