While in 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 intended to teach readers how to interpret images of war and their ideological inscriptions, which was published in 1955 under the title "Kriegsfibel". Based on research on the “Kriegsfibel,” students of the BA Directing and MA Dramaturgy programs explored images of war through theater. 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. Constructs 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 repeatedly. The focus is primarily on the wars and history of violence in Ukraine/Russia and in Israel/Palestine. Sexualized violence and the 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
Kati 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)
Eva Stall­baum & Ju­lia Chaply­gi­na
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)
Eva Stall­baum & Ju­lia Chaply­gi­na

followed by joint artist talk and break

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

7.00 p.m. Silence of System/s
Kati Ki­ra­ly

followed by joint artist talk

By and With: Lilith Borchert, Julia Chaplygina, Joris Domogalski, Dascha Dumont, Aurélie Feucht, Kati Kiraly, Hündin Luna, Hannah Lindner, Eva Stallbaum, Tristan Steeg, Yevheniia Vidishcheva und Kompliz:innen
Mentoring: Monika Gysel, Friederike Thielmann
Production Manager: Jonas Weber