Every two years – biennially, as the curators say – there’s a summer performance festival that takes place in Frankfurt on the Main, and it's called Implantieren. Implantieren, German for "to implant", has been invented by Frankfurt’s independent dance and performance creators, and is made possible notably by ID_Frankfurt e.V. (InDependent Dance and Performance). The … Continue reading Philip Albus & Ana Berkenhoff: Space Machine No. 1
I have always liked the X-Men franchise. (Maybe that is because one of the first comics I read was an X-Men comic book in which Jubilee grew aware of her powers—a friend had passed it on to me. He was a big fan of Gambit, by the way, and never understood why this character has … Continue reading Bryan Singer: X-Men – Days of Future Past
The following text I wrote for an invitation I received to travel to St. Petersurg. I was asked, among other things, to do a presentation on the reception of Daniil Kharms in the German-speaking countries. If I tell you that, fifteen years ago, I wrote my Master thesis about Daniil Kharms and the way he … Continue reading Daniil Kharms and the Struggle with Absurdity (1/2)
Is it important that we, as an audience, agree with what we see on stage, or what is presented in an artwork? I have to think of this question when I remember a performance that I attended a year ago. In the spring of 2019, I went to Paris in order to watch the showcase … Continue reading Xavier Le Roy: Untitled
It's a difficult thing to write about a scandal that is happening right in front of your doorstep. I am no journalist, but if I gather the information correctly, then a woman (said to be an artist in some sources, a student in others, maybe both) walked through the newly put together permanent exhibition of … Continue reading Georg Herold: Ziegeln***
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