Spielart: Magazine

The Scale of Things

Co-curator Betty Yi-Chun Chen on the productions WHO KILLED THE ELEPHANT and THE COLLECTION OF TIME IN THE POLYMER AGE and author Olga Tokarczuk's neo-surrealism motif.

On the road at SPIELART, students of theatre studies in Munich are exploring the festival's productions. Rebecca Maria Fischer reflects on THE DIVINE CYPHER, BATTLE FOR THE CITY, RHAPSODY IN YELLOW and others.

On the road at SPIELART

Kick-off for a series of reports by students of Theater Studies Munich exploring this year's SPIELART Festival and entering into dialogue with the artists*, actors* and other students from the theater field.

Imminence means crossing the street

Theatre maker and playwright Tra Nguyen on how art and culture makers in Vietnam deal with central authority, censorship and the one-sided view from the outside.

3 Questions for ...

In this issue we introduce you to Jakob Rauch, owner of the bookstore Rauch & König.

Inspired by this year's festival programme, Jakob Rauch has put together a collection of books that invites you to linger and browse at our book tables during selected productions.

3 Questions for ...

This time we asked our three questions to Tra Nguyen. The theatre maker and dramatic writer from Vietnam has conceived the online discourse program SITUATING MEMORIES for this year's SPIELART in collaboration with Betty Yi-Chun Chen and River Lin as part of WHEN MEMORIES MEET.

Interview with Ming Wong

Artist Ming Wong (RHAPSODY IN YELLOW) interviewed by author Travis Jeppesen – on the role of music, the meeting between Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong, and table tennis.

Ways of knowing

We will never truly know what it feels like to experience life from someone else’s perspective, but the works of artists offer us a moment of affectivity that lets you be comfortable in someone else’s skin. Co-curator Eva Neklyaeva on the discovery of many kinds of knowledge and many ways of knowing.