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Ouagadougou. Site survey

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Site survey for the opera village. Ouagadougou. © Bianka Schulze

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Opening of the school

Eröffnung der Schule, 8. Oktober 2011, Foto: Michael Bogár
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Opening of the school, 8 October 2011, Photo: Michael Bogár

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Schlingensief’s opera village in Africa: A “Conversation” at the German Pavilion

Dr. Katharina von Ruckteschell-Katte, Francis Kéré, Aino Laberenz, Chris Dercon, Simon Njami und Susanne Gaensheimer
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Dr Katharina von Ruckteschell-Katte, Francis Kéré, Aino Laberenz, Chris Dercon, Simon Njami and Susanne Gaensheimer

Conversation at  the German Pavilion, 2 June 2011, Photo: (c) Roman Mensing, artdoc.de

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Ball of Bad Taste

Christoph Schlingensief, Vienna 1998. Ball of Bad Taste. Sausage stand on Burgring, on the way between the Vienna Opera Ball and the Ball of Bad Taste © Peter Rigaud

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A Church of Fear vs. the Alien Within

A Church of Fear vs. the Alien Within. Stage installation of the Fluxus-oratorio by Christoph Schlingensief in the German Pavilion, Altar view with film projection
Photo: (c) Roman Mensing, artdoc.de

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Schlingensief’s opera village in Africa: A “Conversation” at the German Pavilion

Christoph Schlingensief pursued his idea of an opera village in Burkina Faso passionately. He imagined it as a “social sculpture,” a place of encounters and of dialogue. The Goethe-Institut supported Schlingensief in this project from the very beginning and continues to be committed to its development. In March, it began the “Conversations” series in Ouagadougou: workshops and discussions both in Africa and in Europe intended to support the realization of the opera village by providing creative stimuli and promoting inner-African dialogue. Now, on 2 June the second meeting will be held at the German Pavilion. Planned participants include Aino Laberenz, Susanne Gaensheimer, Francis Kéré, Chris Dercon and Simon Njami.

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Learning from Africa

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Photographs of children in Burkina Faso

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Learning from Africa

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Photographs of children in Burkina Faso

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Learning from Africa

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Photographs of children in Burkina Faso

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Via Intolleranza II

The provisional final performance of ‘Via Intolleranza II’ in Munich has already take place without Christoph Schlingensief, who had to leave for reasons of illness, and showed that it works – sadly – even without him. 90 concentrated minutes about the colonial situation in our heads, Schlingensief and his team included just as much as the pleasant Africans who are also in Europe looking for agents and careers. The framework is provided by a couple of remembered quotations from Nono’s ‘Intolleranza’, socially-aware avant-garde opera from distant times, where one still knew exactly where morality and progress were leading. The debate is as Gordian as it is fruitful, and after the dilemmas and their intractability have been repeatedly raised, examined and allowed to collapse in a compact performance, an African version of Bayreuth almost seems to be the logical consequence. At the end a Schlingensief double sits behind a pane of glass surrounded by a projected scratchy film, bangs hesitantly on the glass and asks the good old futile question of all artists like Mr Punch: “Another weird bit of performance art. Is anybody there?” Be warned: this is not a homage to Schlingensief, but a notable production!
Franz Wille

A production of the Festspielhaus Afrika gGmbH in co-production with Kampnagel Hamburg, Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels and Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. In cooperation with Burgtheater Vienna, Impulstanz and Wiener Festwochen
World premiere 15 May 2010

Theatertreffen Berlin 2011


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Learning from Africa

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Photographs of children in Burkina Faso

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Site survey for the Opera Village II

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Burkina Faso © Thomas Goerge

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Site survey for the Opera Village I

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Burkina Faso © Thomas Goerge

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Via Intolleranza II

v.l.n.r.: Ahmed Soura, Kerstin Grassmann, Jean Marie Gomzoubou Boucougou, Nicolas Ulrich Severin Tounga, Issoufou Kienou,
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from left to right: Ahmed Soura, Kerstin Grassmann, Jean Marie Gomzoubou Boucougou, Nicolas Ulrich Severin Tounga, Issoufou Kienou, "Primo" Abdoul Kader Traore, Amado Komi

Via Intolleranza II, Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels, May 15 – 18, 2010 © Aino Laberenz

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Princess Yenenga Lounge

Hotel Ouagadougou

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“Animatograph”. Area 7

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