Staatenlos

multimedia performance

 

 

In this General Assembly of German-speaking Reich citizens and self-administrators, performance group internil examines the Reich Citizens’ Movement. Departing from real source material such as initiation rites, state-founding ceremonies, training and documentation videos, “Staatenlos” (“Stateless”) unveils the ideological bubble of this movement. It brings to the stage the Reich Citizens’ worldview as a supposed reality, thereby blending fact and fiction. The audience sits in the middle of the stage, surrounded by an extensive scenography, and is immersed in a strange world of crude ideologies that manifests through a multimedia installation. The performance was preceded by a research phase including a participatory “Reich Practice Workshop”.

“Staatenlos” is a production by internil in cooperation with Theaterdiscounter Berlin and Vierte Welt Berlin, co-produced by NFT Netzwerk Freier Theater, and funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

 

previously shown:

 

2019

Theaterdiscounter Berlin

 

2017

Theaterdiscounter Berlin

Reich Practice Workshop

 

Vierte Welt Berlin



 

Concept: internil 

Performance: Katharina Haverich, Marina Miller Dessau, Arne Vogelgesang, Christoph Wirth

Stage Design: primavera*maas

Production: Annett Hardegen

Interaction Design: Holger Heißmeyer