Spielart: Magazine

3 Questions for ...

To get to know the protagonists of this year's festival edition better, we will ask each of them three questions. We start with Sophie Becker, our Artistic Director and Festival Director.

BUILDING UTOPIA

Artist, writer, curator and theatre-maker Keith Zenga King on designing a utopia based on collective imagination and the communal interweaving of difference.

A SONG FOR ALICE: NEW PLACES AND FINDING GROUND – 1st part

What does it mean to follow a call? Author and artist Ursula Gisemba on how leaving and going to places influences the development of one's own writing.

Foray along the Munich theatre walls

Photographer Stella Deborah Traub embarked on a foray along the Munich theatre walls, capturing the SPIELART ‘off’ venues.

LISTENING BODIES / CORPS À L’ÉCOUTE

Eight African dance and performance artists share insights into their working methods, their personal careers and the socio-political contexts of their art.

Artist in Residence Munich at the Waldberta Villa

The author and artist Ursula Gisemba from Nairobi will spend three months at Villa Waldberta and tell us about her residency and her work process in regular contributions for SPIELART Magazine.

PLANTAGE DACHAU (wt)

Unpleasant Affairs reflect the historical context of the “Plantage Dachau (Dachau Plantation)” and examines its subsequent use from 1945 until the present day.

TIES

Angelinah Maponya’s research project TIES critically assesses the invisible and visible powerlessness of workers in the South African mining town Bapong.