NIMM PLATZ - Kölner Literatursommer mit Charlotte Luise Fechner

In the organizer's words:

Charlotte Luise Fechner reads from GRUND DAFÜR IST as part of the Cologne Summer of Literature at NIMM PLATZ

Welcome, dear passengers! Listen to the soundtrack of a reality that has come to an unscheduled stop. Delay is not a coincidence, but a method. Today is July 19, Train Delay Day, so you can expect a jungle of train announcements on your journey today, where nobody knows where is reality and where is satire. In any case, the exit is always where you don't expect it. But as long as the toilets are not overly congested, there is no reason to complain. One thing is certain: anything is possible, even if nobody knows why. You might even get your connection. Sänk ju for träwelin wis doitsche bahn.

For her text GRUND DAFÜR IST, playwright Charlotte Luise Fechner recorded the language of Deutsche Bahn in a long-term observation and poetically condensed the announcements of waiting modes, unforeseen events and other derailments into a "chronicle in an indeterminate direction of travel in the rift of the time-space continuum".

_{NIMM PLATZ am Neumarkt is a joint project of Cologne's cultural administration and the independent cultural scene, with contributions from the University of Music and Dance (HfMT) and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM).}