Studio Urbanistan // Somewhere there's war

In the organizer's words:

Studio Urbanistan
Somewhere there's war
Performative audio installation

July 04, 2025, 19:00 (shuttle 18:00 from FFT Düsseldorf)

July 05, 2025, 17:00 (Shuttle 16:00 from FFT Düsseldorf)

July 06, 2025, 16:00 (shuttle 15:00 from FFT Düsseldorf)

"Moments of condensation succeed that make you feel how irritatingly delicate what peace means is." Steffen Georgi, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 22.11.2024

"There are successful poetic moments that allow you to feel how irritatingly delicate what we call peace is." Steffen Georgi, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 22.11.2024

What place do real experiences of war - as a soldier, contemporary witness or refugee - and their invisible consequences have in our society today? Although many people in Germany have experienced war, it often remains unspeakable and invisible in everyday life. In "Somewhere there's war", a model housing estate becomes the everyday backdrop for a walk-in, performative audio installation. Three groups rotate through three places on the estate in a trilogy without beginning or end, allowing the absurdity of the incomprehensible to flare up in snapshots.

What place do real experiences of war - as a soldier, witness or refugee - and their unseen consequences have in our society today? Although many people in Germany have experienced war, those experiences often remain untold and invisible in everyday life. In 'Somewhere There's War' a model housing development becomes the everyday backdrop for a promenade performative audio installation. Three groups walk through three locations in the development in rotation, in a trilogy that has no beginning or end, where momentary glimpses flare up of the absurdity of what we cannot comprehend.

GOOD TO KNOW // GOOD TO KNOW

• Duration: 90 minutes, with shuttle transfer approx. 180 minutes // Duration: 90 minutes, with shuttle transfer approx. 180 minutes

• Language: German // Language: German

• All information on accessibility can be found at www.impulsefestival.de/barrierefreiheit //
  All information on accessibility can be found at www.impulsefestival.de/en/accessibility

• Box Office opens one hour before the performance begins // The box office opens one hour before the performance begins

IMPULSE FESTIVAL FOR PERFORMANCE, THEATER & DANCE

On three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding independent productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be supplemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a post-West focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We are looking forward to our first joint festival season!

During three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding productions from the independent theater scene from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be complemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a Post-West focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We look forward to our first festival season with you!

LOCATION // VENUE

FFT Düsseldorf
Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1
40210 Düsseldorf