Installations on the festival site
What’s in a name? / Public Dancefloor / Candy for the Mind / GetMatched
For children and families
In addition to the unmissable art collective Plastique Fantastique’s «LIVEBOAT» behind the main entrance and the video installation by Border Forensics in the two shipping containers in the immediate vicinity, there are various other installations to be found on the festival grounds – for example on the jetty or on the Saffainsel. They are small interventions that allow for different perceptions and encounters – and dance!
LARISSA METTLER
What’s in a name?
Every person has one. And yet hardly any two are alike. Names are not only a unifying element, they also show how diverse we are. The project «What’s in a name?» explores the meaning of names. In this installation, short videos can be played in which people tell where their names come from and what they mean. A simple, effective and touching work.
MARIA ANWANDER
Public Dancefloor
Dancing together outdoors at the push of a button? Thanks to «Public Dancefloor», an installation by artist Maria Anwander, this is not a utopia, but a fact. After flicking a switch under the Honrain bridge, sound and light conjure up a dance floor. For the duration of a song, a place is created where people can meet each other while dancing.
FRIEDERIKE HAUG
Candy for the Mind
For years, the artist and linguist Friederike Haug has been recording people in several countries saying their first names. This has resulted in an archive of over 600 recordings from which the sound installation «Candy for the Mind» is created. The artist reassembles the selection of those acoustic short portraits for each exhibition venue and thus offers the Theater Spektakel its very own «Candy for the Mind».
Laura Ritzenfeld / Melanie Durrer
GetMatched
This tingling feeling when you look at each other. The dizziness just before you meet. The sleepless nights. The tears when it’s all over. The relief that it’s finally over. The anticipation to meet someone new. This tingling feeling… When was the last time you were in love? «GetMatched» - a convenient offer to feel in love for 15 minutes. «GetMatched» is an interactive computer game for one person. «GetMatched» questions patriarchal and capitalist mechanisms and asks about the personal understanding of love, beyond purpose, optimisation and heteronormative images of society.
Simple words
There are various installations on the Landiwiese.
All of them are freely accessible.
Installation 1:
In the project «What’s in your name?» people tell where their name comes from.
They also tell what the name means to them.
Installation 2:
There is a button on the Landiwiese.
When you press the button, you get music and light.
A dance floor is created.
All visitors can dance together here.
Installation 3:
The artist Friederike Haug has made many sound recordings of people from different countries.
The people have spoken their names into the microphone.
The artist presents a selection of those recordings at the Theater Spektakel.
Artistic direction and cast
| Larissa Mettler | Was steckt in deinem Namen? |
|---|---|
| Konzept, Leitung | Larissa Mettler |
| Umsetzung Digitales | Thierry Seiler, Helena Appenzeller |
| inhaltliche und szenographische Beratung | Christiane Forstnig |
| Installationspläne | Noémie Jeunet |
| Foto | Larissa Mettler |
| . | . |
| Maria Anwander | Public Dancefloor |
| Konzept, Umsetzung | Maria Anwander |
| Technik | Maria Anwander / Ruben Aubrecht |
| Foto | Ruben Aubrecht |
| . | . |
| Friederike Haug | Candy for the Mind |
| Konzept, Sammlung, Bearbeitung | Friederike Haug |
| Sprecher*innen | Diverse |
| Bild | Friederike Haug |
| . | . |
| Laura Ritzenfeld, Melanie Durrer | GetMatched |
| Konzept, Text | Laura Ritzenfeld, Melanie Durrer |
| Sound | Sarah Calörtscher |
| GameDesign | Natasha Sebben |
| Foto | ZTS / Kira Kynd |
Dates
shows from today- Th 17.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Fr 18.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Sa 19.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Su 20.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Mo 21.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Tu 22.08. 18:00 Admission free
- We 23.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Th 24.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Fr 25.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Sa 26.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Su 27.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Mo 28.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Tu 29.08. 18:00 Admission free
- We 30.08. 16:00 Admission free
- Th 31.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Fr 01.09. 18:00 Admission free
- Sa 02.09. 16:00 Admission free
- Su 03.09. 16:00 Admission free