»Radikale Salonfähigkeit. Texte und Musik über Hass und Hetze«

In the organizer's words:

Radical salonability

Texts and music about hate and agitation

Actors August Zirner and Gabrielle Pietermann read texts about and against the latent and obvious extremism in our society: Sinclair Lewis' satirical political novel "That's not possible in our country" was published in the USA in 1935 and is more topical today than ever before: the novel describes the rise of the anti-hero Berzelius Windrip, who becomes President of the United States through his lies and populist promises. The novel "Zwischen Welten" by Juli Zeh and Simon Urban (2023) is a highly topical social novel about the destructive power of uninhibited discourse. The email and WhatsApp exchange between the protagonists Theresa and Stefan opens up a mutual view of polarizing issues such as climate policy, gender language and racism. With their "Instructions for Seducing the People: Populism for Beginners", Nina Horaczek and Walter Ötsch give tongue-in-cheek tips on how to become a successful populist - and thus illustrate the strategies and deceptive maneuvers of demagogues. The readings will be accompanied by Dino Paris & the Chor der Finsternis . With guitar, voice and electronic sounds, sounds and songs are created that take up content and atmospheres and musically reinforce, (re)bring them together and take them further.