By Sebastian Bauer
The peace is gone, the artists are coming: The “Shared Landscapes” project brings music, theater and performance to the Hangelsberger Forst
The mosquitoes were already lying in wait when the group of Berlin cultural excursionists trudged through the Hangelsberg forest. In this late summer, not only porcini mushrooms and chanterelles are waiting here, but also exquisite art in the undergrowth.
The “Shared Landscapes” project was conceived by curator Caroline Barneaud and director Stefan Kaegi from the Rimini Protokoll group. Seven works combine music, reading or performance with the green forest landscape.
The concept is to be implemented in other places in Europe in the future and adapted to the respective circumstances. Austria, Slovenia and Portugal are under discussion.
The project lasts a total of seven hours, and up to 300 participants can take part in the forest project Photo: Olaf Selchow
In the Brandenburg Forest, for example, visitors lie down on mats on the soil interspersed with roots and listen through headphones to a babble of voices that deal with human fears and merge with the darkness of the forest. At some point the listener is no longer sure whether the background buzzing of the mosquitoes comes from the tape or from the very real biting insects.
A few meters further, the two artists Begüm Erciyas and Daniel Kötter combine the reading of a text about an Armenian landscape with a virtual adventure. With VR glasses, visitors can hover 100 meters above the forest. “You can see what a huge forest area it is,” enthuses Kötter. “It’s almost a bit lonely up there.”
In the distance, enigmatic horns and chirps, which could have come from courtship animals, combine to form a forest concert. Like the umbrella of a toadstool, the bell of a tuba grows out of the moss.
The peace is gone: The “Shared Landscapes” project brings music and much more to the forest Photo: Olaf Selchow
Elsewhere, a flute or a trombone suddenly flashes through the thicket. The Ensemble Apparat and guests put the musical work “Unless…” by the US-American long-term Berliner Ari Benjamin Meyers into practice.
And finally, in a clearing, farmer Carlo Horn talks about the production of high-quality luxury horse hay as part of an experimental play. The actress Brigitte Cuvelier, balancing on tree trunks, then philosophizes about the beauty of the fruit fly.
Up to 300 participants can experience the seven-hour art events on the appropriate dates. Missing is not recommended, because such an event does not happen every day, even in Berlin.
19.8.23 to 10.9.23, Sat+Sun from 1 p.m., Forest School Hangelsberg, Heidegarten 1, 30 euros, information: berlinerfestspiele.de/programm/2023/shared-landscapes-start/shared-landscapes-service
2023-08-19 07:41:53
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