Festival Stories

  • Black and white photography of three young soldiders

    LISTENING AGAINST OBLIVION

  • A person sits at a table speaking into a smartphone mounted on a tripod, hands raised. Behind them, a large-scale video projection shows the same person.

    Europa – a parable of our time

    Notes from Warsaw

  • Marina Abramović sits motionless at a table facing a visitor while an audience watches in the museum. The performance “The Artist Is Present” is based on silent encounter and presence.

    The Art of Walking Through Walls

  • Stage scene with several performers among large piles of clothing, household items, and mattresses; in the foreground, a person wearing a costume made of a bundle of stuffed animals.

    Dystopia in your shopping cart

    Visiting the performance “Waste Me”

  • Anna Schöttl talking to Marina Abramović

    Interview with Anna Schöttl

    On the creation of the set design for Balkan Erotic Epic

  • Scene from the participatory performance UNIVERS: Children explore the space beneath floating illuminated objects as performers guide movement and sound.

    It’s just a tiny step from Earth to the universe

    Visiting the performance “UNIVERS” in London

  • The women’s choir Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares lined up on stage in front of an applauding audience.

    Wind, Electricity and Song

    The concert programme at Turbinenhalle Bochum