Meet Me at the Bench.
Exercises in Taking a Break
LIGNA
Frankfurt | Hamburg | Cologne
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Meet Me at the Bench.
Exercises in Taking a Break
LIGNA
Frankfurt | Hamburg | Cologne
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In the hustle and bustle of the festival, selected benches in the public space between the various venues invite visitors to linger. Visitors can stop there and listen to the stories of international artists using an app specially developed by LIGNA. In ‘Meet Me at the Bench. Exercises in Taking a Break’ we meet artists who are living in exile, fleeing wars or armed conflicts and unbearable social conditions. With them, we embark on an acoustic journey into their worlds and transform the benches in Frankfurt and Offenbach into places where unexpected encounters can take place. Will we relax and enjoy a breath of fresh air together on equal terms? Or will our perspectives shift against the backdrop of European (colonial) history?
The app will be available starting from June 29.
30.6. 17:30 Performative response by Young Worlds Club
Place: Bank on the river near Museum Angewandte Kunst
Photo: ©Eiko Grimberg
About the Artist(s)
LIGNA is a performance collective founded by Ole Frahm, Torsten Michaelsen, and Michael Hüners. They gained international recognition with their work ‘Radio Ballet’ (2002). LIGNA’s works, which are often internationally anchored, move between public space, theater, dance, radio, and installation, addressing questions of exclusion, participation, authoritarianism, agency, and collectivity. They have worked at Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm since 2014. They were awarded the George Tabori Prize in 2017 and the Bulgarian ICAR for Best Performance in 2020.