International Forum 2019
Workshops
Art Thinking in the Public Realm
By and with Barbara Van Lindt
Contemporary theatre is often a transdisciplinary practice. According to Luis Camnitzer, “Art Thinking” is the area beyond craft and art history. It is a way of gaining knowledge with unbound powers of imagination, creating new perspectives. In this workshop, participants will develop ways of sharing their practice of “Art Thinking” with each other and with the public.
Barbara Van Lindt, born in Belgium in 1966, holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and a postgraduate certificate in Theatre Studies. She gained most of her experience in the professional field, following two recurrent interests: performing arts in a globalised world and the support of young artists’ development. At the Gasthuis Theater (Amsterdam, 1997-2001) and at the wpZimmer (Antwerp, 2002-2006), she created and directed workplaces for emerging artists in the fields of theatre, performance and dance. At Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, 2006-2009) she collaborated on the programme as curator. From 2009-2018 she was head of department of DAS Theatre (formerly known as DasArts). There she invested in creating productive peer environments and developing a feedback method and culture. She currently works freelance, as dramaturg, mentor and advisor, inhabiting the field between (performing) arts and education.
Something to Remember
By and with She She Pop
This workshop explores the task of the performer on stage. We will set each other tasks to find out what exactly are the characteristics of a good task for the stage. A special focus will be put on the task of staged memory. Which devices of description and alienation lend themselves to the reconstruction of memories on stage?
Florian Fiedler was born in Hamburg in 1977. As a director he worked at Theater Basel, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Volkstheater München and Schauspiel Frankfurt. Since the 2017/18 season, he has been the artistic director of Theater Oberhausen. In 2003, Florian Fiedler received the Kurt-Hübner-Preis for Young and Upcoming Directors of Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (German Academy of Performing Arts). In 2004, the magazine Theater heute chose him as Emerging Director of the Year. His productions were invited several times to the radikal jung – Das Festival für junge Regie, a festival for emerging directors. His production “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” won the festival’s Audience Award. The Goethe-Institute listed him as one of the 50 most important directors in the German-speaking region.
Was Ödön a Woman? Oder: Boys Will Be Boys What They Are Taught.
By and with Florian Fiedler
At the centre of the play “Faith, Hope and Charity” is a woman who is permanently struggling against her status as a victim. In the end, just like the rules for female leads in world literature would have it, she has to die. How do role allocations work on the stage? Which role images are inscribed into us, how do we reproduce them and how might they be broken open?
Florian Fiedler was born in Hamburg in 1977. As a director he worked at Theater Basel, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Volkstheater München and Schauspiel Frankfurt. Since the 2017/18 season, he has been the artistic director of Theater Oberhausen. In 2003, Florian Fiedler received the Kurt-Hübner-Preis for Young and Upcoming Directors of Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (German Academy of Performing Arts). In 2004, the magazine Theater heute chose him as Emerging Director of the Year. His productions were invited several times to the radikal jung – Das Festival für junge Regie, a festival for emerging directors. His production “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” won the festival’s Audience Award. The Goethe-Institute listed him as one of the 50 most important directors in the German-speaking region.