JASCHA&FRANZ design and stage sets, landscapes and experiences. This year they are back: between the loading ramp and the cooling shelf they create a spatial collage on cold supermarket tiles. STORNO is a stage in the ether of the world of commodities. In the backstage area of capitalism we bask in the radiant fruits of consumption. We want the in-between … Read More
Simon Schirmer
Simon Schirmer is an illustration artist from Hanover. On prints, walls and objects he shows his intricate depiction of the daily ride through a world of fiction and facts. At the same time, he stays with a black slash – his trademark – and thus makes things seem slanted / but approachable.
1–OFF SALE
1-OFF SALE: Under the festival theme ›Supermarkt‹ Fuchsbau explores the codepencies between pop culture, fashion and politics. Where does art end and capitalism begin? Together with local designers from Hanover 1-OFF SALE reinterprets the combination of sustainability, fashion and merch. Designers: Luyu Zou, Henry Alves, Amelie Schulter, Peter Wendebourgh Styling: Kollektiv Stress (Nane Anna Bohn, Samira Körner) Screen printing: Pressure&Ink … Read More
Epicenter
Epicenter is an interactive installation exploring the connection between our personal lifes and late capitalism. Different elements are staged in a collage-like way: A human-like puppet wearing the Epicenter logo lies in the middle of a regular-looking stand at a tech convention. Is it the host of the stand taking a nap? Is it a visitor of the event trying … Read More
In den Gängen
D: Thomas Stuber, DE 2018, 126 min, Subtitles: English Christian finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the ckeckouts, the forklifts. He meets Rudi, Pallet-Klaus, TV-Jürgen and Bruno, from the beverages sector. Bruno shows him how the work is done, teaches him how to operate the forklift, becomes a fatherly friend. In the aisles, … Read More
Das melancholische Mädchen
D: Susanne Heinrich, DE 2019, 80 min, Subtitles: English A girl roams through the city looking for a place to sleep. Along the way she meets young mothers who celebrate motherhood religiously, goes home with an abstinent existentialist for whom sex is just another market and waits for the end of capitalism in a drag bar. Her attempt to write … Read More
Enis Maci & Mazlum Nergiz: Eiscafé Europa
What does resistance look like today? This question is asked by Enis Maci in her volume of essays »Eiscafé Europa«. She questions issues of mother tongue and personal background, and exposes the medial strategies of the far right and the marketing of right-wing femininity. Together with sound artist Mazlum Nergiz this reading is turned into a multimedia sound performance, which … Read More
Me and My Higher Self: Art and Social Change
Bunny Michael’s expertise lies not only in art and music, but also in the field of »self-care«. Taking care of the self, self-respecting self-esteem is very popular and mainstreamed. Often, however, this preservation of mental and physical health is reduced to the call to take a good bath, sometimes to stay at home and to focus on their own needs. … Read More
Guided tour through a supermarket
A visit to the supermarket implies the satisfaction of basic needs. Groceries, hygiene products, luxury schnick schnack. Meanwhile a lot of money is spend, thinking about all the parameters that decide, what we buy and how desire is woken. This guided supermarket tour discovers the concept and logic behind shelf displays and asks how the installation of space influences our … Read More
Annika Lock
Annika Lock transits between the inside, Hanover, the internet, Hildesheim, sound-tech-skill-sharing, the outside, Karlsruhe, Hamburg and in general: space. Meanwhile she questions any form of localications and explores in her sets emotional dance music and disrupted life, while dreaming of mutual care in every work and personal relationship. As DJ and co-host she’s been part of the collective disk.o in … Read More