I DON'T HEAR BUGS IN THE CITY
A choreographic reminder of the small creatures among us
How can art and science cooperate to realign the relationship between insects and humans?
dance/performance
FRI 28.06.2024
6:30pm — 7:00pm
Premiere
Campus Bockenheim (Jügelstraße, zentraler Platz - zwischen zwischen Juridicum und Mensa)
Anno Bolender is a performance and dance artist, producer and activist who deals with the social and political concerns of communities affected by marginalization. Bolender combines theory and practice to promote the development of a more solidarity-based society. Bolender’s works have been shown in Frankfurt, Offenbach, Porto, Madrid, Bochum, Stuttgart, and at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin.
“Mottenmensch” (Mothperson) (Illustration of the performance: Nina Queissner & Frithjof Mohr, after a photo by Christin Picard)
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Wheelchair-accessible event room? (No steps or thresholds higher than 5 cm, doors at least 90 cm wide, wheelchair-accessible toilet, etc.)
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Sound composition
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Partial seating
“I don’t hear Bugs in the City” – A choreographic reminder of the small creatures among us How can art and science cooperate to realign the relationship between insects and humans? Inspired by the nuances of everyday encounters between insects and humans, Anno Bolender's solo performance creates an extraordinary visual and sonic experience. Bolender's artistic research uses the medium of dance to look at the topic of co-existence with the insect world through the prism of the body. The performance was created as part of the transdisciplinary project grant “Insectopolis”, which has been awarded to Anno Bolender by ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research. The dance performance will be shown on the following dates: Premiere: Friday, June 28, 2024, 6:30 pm, Campus Bockenheim Jügelstraße, central square between Mensa and Juridicum, 60325 Frankfurt a.M. (in case of bad weather in the “Festsaal”, “Studierendenhaus”) Monday, July 8, 2024, 5:30 p.m., Grüneburgpark, meadow at the park café August-Siebert-Straße, 60323 Frankfurt a.M., (The performance will be shown as part of the Citizens' University, followed by adiscussion with the audience) Wednesday, July 10, 6:00 pm, Bornheimer Fünffingerplätzchen, 60385 Frankfurt a.M. Saturday, July 13, 9:30 pm, Hugenottenplatz, 63065 Offenbach
Anno Bolender, 2024
Artistic curation: Nina Queissner
Scientific curation: Florian D. Schneider
Costume: Isabella Koeters
Sound composition: Cat Woywod
Media and public relations work: Verena Rossow, Dominik Opalka, Nicola Schuldt-Baumgart, Melanie Neugart, Pia Ditscher
Photography: Christin Picard
Video: Balduin Mund
Dramaturgy: Nicole Berns
Cover motif: Nina Queissner and Frithjof Mohr
Lettering 'Insectopolis': Christoph Tim Schneider
Flyer design: Iris Dresler
The "Insectopolis" project grant is awarded by ISOE - Institute for Social-Ecological Research, one of the leading non-university institutes for sustainability research in Frankfurt am Main. It is part of the research project "SLInBio - Urban lifestyles and the valorization of biodiversity: dragonflies, grasshoppers, bumblebees and co.", which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the funding measure "BiodiWert - Appreciation and safeguarding of biodiversity in politics, business and society" as part of the BMBF Research Initiative for the Conservation of Biodiversity (FEdA). Further information: www.insektenvielfalt-frankfurt.org The project is sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt.