Überzeugngstäter
The term conviction-driven act is not an easy one. It is caught between values and violence, ideals and arrogance, emancipation and tyranny. Convictions are fundamental—principles guiding human action, like human rights. At the same time, there are countless beliefs, worldviews, and ideologies that promote entirely different, even opposing principles. At the fault line between conflicting ideals, the crucial question of action arises:
When and how do we stand up for our convictions? When do we let words be followed by actions? Do we set out to shape the world, or are we merely being prepared for the world to shape us—since our ideas about life have long been indistinguishable from the product range of a globalized lifestyle? Have our convictions already become commodities in the marketplace? Or do a few remnants of our utopian obstinacy still remain?
"Überzeugungstäter" is the first production of a multi-year cooperation project. For the first time, this project brings together students from two arts universities in Lower Saxony for a theater production: aspiring actors from Hanover meet future art mediators from Braunschweig.
What I did:
Designing Soundscapes and Sound Effects
Designing an easy-to-use cue-based Ableton session
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Premiere and performances at the "Kleines Haus" of the Staatstheater Braunschweig: April 26 & 29 2017, May 4, 9, 12, 20 & 28 2017, as well as June 5 & 8. 2017
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Konzept & Umsetzung: Jost von Harleßem, Hanke Wilsmann
Performance: Stephan Dorn
Sound Design: Rupert Jaud
Künstlerische Mitarbeit Bühne: Ute Freitag, Friederike Schmidt-Colinet
Künstlerische Mitarbeit Figurenspiel: Caroline Kühner
Kostüm: Sandra Li Maennel
Kostümassistenz: Ardesia Calderan, Lea Sommer
Produktion: Heidrun Schlegel
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A production by F. Wiesel in co-production with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt and Roxy Birsfelden. Supported by the Jürgen Ponto Stiftung zur Förderung junger Künstler, Fonds Darstellende Künste, Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt, Rudolf-Augstein-Stiftung, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Kulturbehörde Hamburg and in cooperation with the Hessische Theaterakademie.