Oh no, it is 2021 for quite some time now! I am very happy to have started this blog last year, and now I don't know if I should see it as a Corona project, or if I shouldn't. I think the lockdown here in Germany in the spring of 2020 definitely helped to bring … Continue reading The Spoils of the Lockdown
Tag: Franz Kafka
PINSKER+BERNHARDT: Body Boom Boom Brain
On Halloween, I saw Monster House.[1] It is a 2006 animated movie about three children that are intrigued by a house in their neighborhood, a house which seems to have a life of its own. It even is said to eat people alive! There is also a weird old man living there who talks to … Continue reading PINSKER+BERNHARDT: Body Boom Boom Brain
Jakob Engel / Jan Philipp Stange: Hard Feelings (Ein Bericht für eine Akademie)
I think it is astonishing how often I come across Kafka in theater these days. Maybe it has to do with the pandemic, or maybe it has always been like this, and I only notice it because I started to write the blog and have to sort out things in a more analytical manner. Kafka, … Continue reading Jakob Engel / Jan Philipp Stange: Hard Feelings (Ein Bericht für eine Akademie)
David Guy Kono: Metamorphose
Alexis Soloski, who writes for the New York Times, lately gave his impression on two audio-guide shows that he had seen, due to the Covid-19 restrictions. It's a funny thing to read his article—"For These Shows, Take a Hike", published on September 11, 2020—because it is as if he never had taken part in this … Continue reading David Guy Kono: Metamorphose