A participatory anti-war performance in Weimar 100 years after the first major Bauhaus exhibition of 1923
KRIEGSWEIHE is a European anti-war music per- formance that puts war, conflict and struggle at the center of the discussion. The war in Ukraine is now a terrifying reality that was unimaginable to many people in Europe 20 years after the end of the war in Yugoslavia. In search of a collective process and a contemporary form of remembrance, the project aims to create an emotional access and a common ground for the future with the help of music and performance.Together with artists from all over Europe as well as the audience and amateur musicians on site, a narrative for a peaceful Europe is searched for. Performatively and compositionally, the varied motif of warlike antagonism runs through all sub-projects: in the juxtaposition of two opposing parties, the motif of the duel is processed both playfully and musically. Through the technical expansion of the individual sub-projects - among other things through pressure chamber loudspeakers, which are traditionally used as alarm sirens or warning signals during air raids or other dangerous situations - additional antagonists come into play, revealing further dimensions of war. One hundred years after the Great Bauhaus Exhibition, Weimar once again becomes the site of a multiplicity of performances across a range of locations. Music as a form of coming to terms with trauma and overcom- ing conflict is at the center of the event and is more important today than ever before. KRIEGSWEIHE sees itself, similar to the Bauhaus, as a political project that celebrates the great peacemaking power of art through international participants.
INSTALLATION VERANTWORTUNG – GAUFORUM
Wed, 30. Aug - Sat, 02. Sep – daily 12 - 18 pm (once an hour a war signal)
Sun, 03. Sep – 1 - 7.30 pm (once an hour a war signal) |
1 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm & 5.30 pm (additional: Performance 10 minutes)
INSTALLATION HYBRIS – THEATERPLATZ
Fri, 01. Sep – 12 - 18 pm (every 15 minutes)
Sun, 03. Sep – 12 - 19.30 pm (every 15 minutes)
INSTALLATION VERACHTUNG – STÉPHANE-HESSEL-PLATZ
Fri, 01. Sep – 12 - 6 pm (every 15 minutes)
Sun, 03. Sep – 12 - 7.30 pm (every 15 minutes)
INSTALLATION ORDNUNG – AUGUST-BAUDERT-PLATZ
Sat, 02. Sep – 12 - 6 pm
PERFORMANCE HOFFNUNG – WEIMARHALLENPARK
Sun, 03. SEP – 1.30 pm, 3.30 pm, 4.30 pm & 6 pm
PROZESSIONEN | PROCESSIONS – GAUFORUM (STARTPUNKT)
Sun, 03. Sep – 3 & 5.30 pm
KILL KRIEG | EINE GALA – DEUTSCHES NATIONALTHEATER WEIMAR; GROSSES HAUS
Sun, 03. Sep – 20 pm
COMPOSITION & DIRECTION Marc Sinan
LIBRETTO Lydia Haider
DRAMATURGY & TEXTS Holger Kuhla
WITH Alma Su Baute, David Bennent, Magdalena Cerezo, Andreas Fischer, Jelena Kuljić, Lukas Miko, Ulriek Langenbein, Rike Schuberty, Johanna Vargas, Ensemble Metamorphosis, Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
SET DESIGN Miriam Baute
PROJECT MANAGEMENT Marcus Max Schreiner
COSTUME Isabel Vollrath
SOUND DESIGN Karsten Lipp, Greve Studio
PRODUCTION YMUSIC
COOPERATION MARC SINAN COMPANY / YMUSIC, Volkstheater Wien, Handmaids Berlin
WITH THE KIND SUPPORT OF Orchestra della Svizzeria Italiana, Lugano
FUNDING Allianz Foundation, Thüringer Staatskanzlei
