Space and time for contemporary productions
Su.
21.01.24
14.00 - 20.00 Uhr

OpenKOMM!unikationsfabrik
Open House

For a few years now, a very special place for art, performance, creativity, music and clubbing has been developing in Frankfurt’s west end. The old factory building in Schmidtstraße 12 will open its doors to people of all ages for an exciting afternoon. You are invited to experience an unusual location, with free painting classes, a printing shop, an open-stage, gaming, dance, theater, a flight simulator, live music, street-food and much more.

ALL DAY (come and go)
2 – 5 pm Family-Warm-Up Comicdrawing – Costumes – Painting | Freie Kunstakademie Frankfurt
Families are invited to draw comics with Daniel Eyrich, to design costumes and get dressed-up with Linnan Zhang or to pick up a brush for a painting workshop with Carolin Trunk.

2 – 8 pm Video-Gaming for young and old | eCamp Frankfurt

2 – 8 pm Short flights in a Helicopter-Simulator and a peek into a new Boing-Simulator | yourCockpit

2 – 8 pm Open Ambulance by the Malteser Hilfsdienst | Parking lot Kommunikationsfabrik

2 – 8 pm ID_Frankfurt e.V. Independent Dance and Performance: Installation, Coffee and Cake | Z_Zentrum (Rehearsal Studio)
Discover the different activities of ID_Frankfurt – Independent Dance and Performance, while enjoying a piece of cake and a cup of tea or coffee. The association opens its doors to its rehearsal studios and invites you to a photo-installation of artistic works by its members.

2 – 8 pm Fleamarket | Frankfurt LAB Terrace & Foyer

2 – 8 pm Mini-Mistery-Ralley & Drinks | RoomEscape Frankfurt

3 – 6 pm Tryout circus tricks with Ralf Heinze and create magical crowns with Hend Abu Hassanein. For all ages. | Former Kindergarten, entrance through Frankfurt LAB Terrace

3.30 – 5.30 pm Open Stage | Das BETT

6.00 – 8 pm Cocktails & DJ | s12 Musikbar & Club

5 – 8 pm Warm-up Printing Workshoph – Lines in Movement – Drawing in a Soundspace | Freie Kunstakademie Frankfurt
You can try to catch the movements of dancer Emilie Aschmann on paper, to the music of Guido Braun (ANALOGmusiq). Jackie Youn and Gero Stoll will support you in your drawing. If you have a bit more time, we invite you to try different techniques in the printing workshop.

SHOWS, WORKSHOPS AND GUIDED TOURS

2 pm Guided Tour Deutsche Bahn Druckerei (printing shop) | Deutsche Bahn Druckerei

2.15 – 3.15 pm Community Dance Workshop for ages 14 and up with Ichiro Sugae (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company) | Studio Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company

3 pm Guided Tour Deutsche Bahn Druckerei (printing shop) | Deutsche Bahn Druckerei

3 – 3.15 pm Introduction of the Club by owner Missy Motown: A different kind of (bed)-story – we are creating a cultural space in Frankfurt | Das BETT

3 – ca. 3.30 pm Polaris Sonata / A Glamorous Disaster, Solodance by Todd Baker (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company) | Frankfurt LAB Halle 1
Dancer Todd Baker shows several solos, which deal with the rhythmic, emotional and astrological connections between himself and three different singers.

3.30 – ca. 4 pm Just a Duett, Dance from and with Emanuele Piras and Solène Schnüriger (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company) | Frankfurt LAB Halle 1
Emanuele Piras and Solène Schnüriger could say many intelligent, smart things about their work, but when it comes down to it: they just like to dance together.

4 pm Guided Tour Deutsche Bahn Druckerei (printing shop) | Deutsche Bahn Druckerei

4 – ca. 4.45 pm KAHL / Surreal Bowling, Dance by Audrey Dionis, Louella May Hogan and Ashley Alexandra Wright (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company) | Frankfurt LAB Halle 1
The dancers Audrey Dionis, Louella May Hogan and Ashley Alexandra Wright will show a performance that engages with the work of choreographer Cyril Baldy.

5 pm Guided Tour Deutsche Bahn Druckerei (printing shop) | Deutsche Bahn Druckerei

5 pm Text, Movement, Subject: Insights into the artistic research of dancer Thomas Bradley (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company) | Frankfurt LAB Halle 1
The dancer Thomas Bradley will present his current research practice, to find out how improvised text will get the body moving. His artistic research practice is based on observation, commentary and made-up stories.

6 pm Guided Tour Deutsche Bahn Druckerei (printing shop) | Deutsche Bahn Druckerei

6 – 7 pm Sappy Sliver - Nirvana Cover Band live | Das BETT

6 – ca. 8 pm ZORN, Play by Nino Haratischwili | Frankfurt LAB Halle 2 (With a valid reservation only)
The ensemble piece, which will be performed by acting students of the HfMDK, shows eight people at turning-points of their lives.

FOOD AND DRINKS
Pizzeria bei Nadine
Sourcekitchen (Foodtruck) | Parking lot Kommunikationsfabrik
Fleamarket-Café | Frankfurt LAB Foyer

The event is organized by: DAS BETT, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Deutsche Bahn Druckerei, eCamp Frankfurt, Frankfurt LAB, Freie Kunstakademie Frankfurt, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, ID_Frankfurt, Malteser Hilfsdienst, Pizzeria bei Nadine, Room Escape, s12 Musik Bar & Club, Soul Kitchen, yourCockpit and many more.

Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company © De-Da Productions
eCamp Frankfurt
Freie Kunstakademie Frankfurt
Zorn © Anneke Gies

2 - 8 pm
Admission free

Public transit to "Kommunikationsfabrik":
streetcar 11, 14, 21: station Mönchhofstraße (200 m)
Bus M34: station Schmidtstraße