Marlene Helling ›POOLS‹

In the organizer's words:

As part of 'Shifiting Grounds'

The video performance 'POOLS' portrays three mining areas used by tourists: the Hambach open-cast mine, the Dead Sea and the Lusatian lignite mining area. Marlene Helling tells of her encounters with these places through travel reports and a movement repertoire inspired by them. Together with set designer Marei Dierßen, video artist Simon Vorgrimmler, sound artist Juli Grönefeld and lighting designer Desirée García López, Marlene Helling has developed a three-channel video performance that makes it possible to experience post-industrial landscapes in the Anthropocene. As a wall-filling panoramic projection, the parallels between the extraction areas and how we look at nature and make it our own become clear. The enormous landscape images are in dialog with a body that attempts to encounter the ground with direct attentiveness. Lignite will continue to be mined in the Hambach open-cast mine until 2030, in Lusatia until 2038 and minerals will continue to be mined in the Dead Sea for an indefinite period.

Meeting point: PACT Zollverein, Bullmannaue 20A, 45327 Essen

Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes early!

Important information: The event takes place outside on the grounds of the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site and is not fully accessible. Part of the footpath from PACT to the event venue runs over uneven terrain and cobblestones.

from 14 years

Content Notes:
Sudden sound elements

Relaxed performance: Performance in a relaxed atmosphere, spectators can come and go at any time. Noises and movement are allowed.

https://www.pact-zollverein.de/programm/pools