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| flying without wings Scenic composition for ensemble, 20 birdcages and tapes in a park at dawn, 2002
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Premiere: 2002 at 3:30 a.m., Museumsinsel Berlin Interviews with the survivors of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp: Ilse Heinrich, Lisl Jäger, Barbara Reimann, Irmgard Konrad, Georgia Peet, Edith Sparmann and Elisabeth Kunesch |
stills from the Berlin premiere of flying without wings, 2002
Particular improvisations are superimposed on a monochrome sound, interrupted by various poetic gestures that in different ways approach the theme of "flying". 20 birdcages with cassette players and headphones are installed in the trees of the park. You can listen to interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp who talk about their personal experiences during their imprisonment, about resistance actions, about the mutual solidarity between the prisoners, and also about singing. flying without wings begins in the darkness of the night and ends, an hour later, in the light of dawn. |
stills from the Berlin premiere of flying without wings, 2002
During the years that I realised projects with and for the survivors of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp, I enjoyed the personal contact with many of them. Apart from their inhuman experiences as concentration camp prisoners in their youth, we shared many moments in which they shared with me their immense joy and strength of life, their wisdom and warmth. With some of them the contact turned into friendship.
In 2002, when I was commissioned by the Berlin Senate for Science, Research and Culture to compose a composition, I also wanted to bear witness to this part of life in subhuman conditions.
flying without wings is a scenic composition and installation in a park at dawn. In the installation, the voices of survivors of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp can be heard talking about their personal experiences during their imprisonment, about resistance actions, about the mutual solidarity between the prisoners, and also about singing.
For an hour from the darkness of night to the dim light of dawn, the park became a magical space, giving rise to the memory of the past - disappeared yet present. Interviews with the survivors of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp: Ilse Heinrich, Lisl Jäger, Barbara Reimann, Irmgard Konrad, Georgia Peet, Edith Sparmann and Elisabeth Kunesch.