During their exile, Bertolt Brecht and Ruth Berlau collected photos and texts about World War II from newspapers and combined them with four-line epigrams. The result was a book designed to teach readers how to interpret images of war and their ideological implications, which was published in 1955 under the title Kriegsfibel (War Primer). Based on research on the Kriegsfibel, students of the BA Directing (HfMDK) and MA Dramaturgy (J. W. Goethe University) have dealt with images of war in their own scenic research. The result is four works that address different contexts from different perspectives. They examine the fusion of private everyday life and political catastrophe and search for strategies of solidarity and words. Concepts such as home, identity, and memory are reflected upon, and the implications for our friendships are illuminated. Attempts are made to counteract the stigmatization of experiences of violence. Media representations are discussed, and questions of understanding, rapprochement, and agency arise again and again. The focus is primarily on the wars and history of violence in Ukraine/Russia and in the region of Israel/Palestine. In this context, sexualized violence and psychological consequences of experiencing violence are also addressed.

Friday, 06 March
8.30 p.m.:Can you protect my light from the wind?
Tris­tan Steeg & Yev­he­niia Vi­dish­che­va
followed by artist talk

10.30 p.m.: Silence of System/s
Csen­ge Ka­t­i­ca Ki­ra­ly
followed by artist talk

Saturday, 07 March
7.00 p.m.: Aber sonst alles gut soweit
Au­ré­lie Feucht & Jo­ris Do­mog­al­ski
followed by artist talk

8.30 p.m.: Achte auf deine Haltung [Ne сутулься]
Ju­lia Chaply­gi­na & Eva Stall­baum
followed by artist talk

Sunday, 08 March
1.30 p.m.: Aber sonst alles gut soweit
Au­ré­lie Feucht & Jo­ris Do­mog­al­ski

3.00 p.m.: Achte auf deine Haltung [Ne сутулься]
Ju­lia Chaply­gi­na & Eva Stall­baum

followed by artist talk and break

05.00 p.m.: Can you protect my light from the wind?
Tris­tan Steeg & Yev­he­niia Vi­dish­che­va

07.00 p.m.: Silence of System/s
Csen­ge Ka­t­i­ca Ki­ra­ly

followed by joined artist talk

By and with: Li­lith Bor­chert, Ju­lia Chaply­gi­na, Jo­ris Do­mog­al­ski, Da­scha Du­mont, Au­ré­lie Feucht, Kati Ki­ra­ly, dog Luna, Han­nah Lind­ner, Eva Stall­baum, Tris­tan Steeg, Yev­he­niia Vi­dish­che­va and allies
Mentoring: Mo­ni­ka Gy­sel, Frie­de­ri­ke Thiel­mann
Production Management: Jo­nas We­ber