sonus – the sound within us. What is the sound of memory? How do we listen to memory in its multitude – to histories? The sound of history is ephemeral. And yet it persists. Electronic music, piano, lecture performance: in sonus ‒ the sound within us the performance artist and…
Gaung – Unpredictable Resonance. Before the first note sounds, the room is already filled. Even the gods expect a special sound. We see an instrument and imagine its sound, we desire the first note, the beginning of the concert. We fill the room with our expectations.Expectations of what? The gamelan is…
Festival Opening: In the early 1960s a young Indian student comes to Darmstadt to do a PhD in physics. Cold War era – atomic physics is popular. It’s the time of post-colonial aspirations for sovereignty. And what’s going on in Darmstadt? After the atrocities of National Socialism there is an…
A Sound Performance by meLê yamomo. Noise, din, background buzz, sound waves hit the eardrum. Sounds are physical touches. Touches of something unknown. If we knew what it was it might actually be “music”. Who decides what is “sound”? Who would classify it as “music”? Can we stand this touch?…
Permanente Beunruhigung | Beunruhigung 2. With: Quinsy Gario (poet & performance artist), Daniel Lima (artist, curator, editor & researcher), Lobadys Pérez (dancer & choreographer), meLê yamomo (sound and performance artist-scholar); An encounter, a venture, a festival! We’re celebrating 10 years of post-migrant theatre at Ballhaus Naunynstraße with the internationally cast…