Wunderland
Opening Weekend Party with Guy Dermosessian am 23 August
Wunderland is the beating heart of Ruhrtriennale! Set under the water tower, nestled cosily between Pumpenhaus and Jahrhunderthalle, this striking pink structure designed by architect Olivier Goethals awaits you: children and adults alike. Starting off the Wunderland weekend on Friday evening you can witness rising literary local talents at Spoken Acts. On Saturday, things start heating up – fun and free Do-It-Yourself-Saturdays, workshops for big and small in the early afternoon and as the sun starts to set, regional musicians take the stage with Ruhr Diamonds. You may want to grab a bite to eat at Pumpenhaus, catch a show at Jahrhunderthalle, and return for the glorious Down The Rabbit Hole party. Renowned DJs from here and abroad take you along for a rhythmic ride – disco balls, neon lights, and summer drinks setting the mood.
Every Sunday we start the day with a Sunday Dancers workshop, for dancers at any level. Body activated? Great, it`s time to jump start the mind – at our discourse series Brave New Voices with significant authors, theorists and public figures. Or perhaps you join us later, at an afternoon Relaxed With ... where artists from our festival present an additional programme, this time in a setting attempting to cater also to accessibility needs of neurodivergent visitors. We invite you to linger a while longer – lounge chairs, refreshments, table tennis await you at Wunderland to close off the weekend.
Supporters Ruhrtriennale
Main Funder RAG-Stiftung.
Funded by the Stiftung Mercator.
Spoken Acts
What moves the young scene in the Ruhr area? Spoken Acts is our new stage for the spoken word by young actors from the Ruhr area. Between slam poetry and comedy, readings and talks, our acts negotiate issues that concern them and their generation in very different ways. Together they find the words to resist reality and relentlessly name their utopias. Every Friday at 5 pm, Wunderland becomes a refuge for young word art from the Ruhr area.
Do-It-Yourself Saturdays
A festival centre should be a meeting place. A place to participate and exchange ideas. With our Do-It-Yourself Saturdays workshop series, we offer workshops for big and small every Saturday at the Wunderland festival centre. There is room for creative minds in this centre with a variety of activities to get involved in.
Ruhr Diamonds
Ruhr Diamonds offers unique opportunities to get to know talented musicians from the Ruhr region. Every Saturday evening, up-and-coming musicians from the Ruhr region perform in the festival centre at the Jahrhunderthalle. The concerts in Wunderland not only offer free admission, but also the chance to discover and experience new, creative sounds from the region.
Down The Rabbit Hole
Cute Community Radio is a radio station, community space and hybrid platform for diasporic and migrant pop culture. Its weekly contributions present music, art and ideas from different communities and are received and celebrated worldwide. Guy Dermosessian, the Beirut-born DJ and founder, invites you to the Down The Rabbit Hole party series on three Saturdays for cute club nights to celebrate these multiple perspectives together!
Sunday Dancers
What languages does the body dance? Every Sunday, Sunday Dancers offers the opportunity to move the body together and to gain an exciting insight into the dance language of international dancers. Renowned choreographers and dancers from the various festival productions will give a workshop on movement and dance. The techniques and approaches of their artistic practice invite you to join in.
