when and how do we lose control of a democratic system? where does power arise? zentralmassiv deals with our social coexistence in an increasingly egocentric and individualized society – with autocratic politicians and their increasingly unleashed exercise of power. at which point do such behaviors beginn to be a danger for a democratic community? when does it show pathological traits? and above all: how can we counteract this system, a system in which discrimination against others is carried out either directly or indirectly?
two protagonists take the audience into an imaginary community in which the balance between unity of opinion and freedom of expression must be renegotiated again and again.
here will be regimes and chaos
there will be heritage and godlessness
there will be destruction and order
there will be flamingos and shamans
there will be more destruction and more order
there will be heydays and pitfalls
there will be sticks and stones
there will be you
there will be me
a piece by: johannes wieland
with: cree barnett williams und gotautė kalmatavičiūtė
stage design: momme röhrbein
photo: bastian arndt
language: english
duration: 60 min.
part of b12 spring: sungrazers / invited artists
zentralmassiv is a mind eraser / johannes wieland production.
minderaser.johanneswieland.org
the project is funded by the hessian ministry of science and the arts.
with the kind support of the cultural office of the city of kassel and dock art berlin.
