An intimate documentary performance for ten to fourteen guests
around a table about a queer couple, travelling through
its family histories, to write its own story. Getting in touch with ancestors
who can only be, who they want to be, when they are not at the place
where they believe they would belong to.
Mainly in English, partly in German and Spanish
Further versions:
Mainly in German, partly in English and Spanish
Mainly in Spanish, partly in English and German
Mainly in English and Italian, partly in German and Spanish
Description
The audience is welcomed to their place at the table where photos, maps, documents and a song book are scattered and mate tea is being served. With their documentary performance On the first night we looked at maps – Los Alemanes del Volga the Argentinean-German artist couple Federico & Wenzel Vöcks de Schwindt invite their audience on both a historical and biographical journey.
Following the Volga Germans who emigrated in the 18th century, it traces their passage from the German region of Hesse to Russia, and a hundred years later as they continued their path to the Americas. The performers confront themselves with fragments of past migration and the contradictions of family identity in an always shifting narrative of a couple searching for a queer heritage – and for a homeland that perhaps never existed.
Beschreibung
Das Publikum ist eingeladen, an einem Tisch Platz zu nehmen, auf dem Fotos, Landkarten, Dokumente und ein Gesangbuch liegen, Mate-Tee wird gereicht. Das argentinisch-deutsche Künstlerpaar Federico & Wenzel Vöcks de Schwindt lädt mit seiner dokumentarischen Performance On the first night we looked at maps – Los Alemanes del Volga zu einer gleichermaßen biografischen wie historischen Spurensuche ein.
Den Fährten der Wolgadeutschen folgend, die im 18. Jahrhundert aus dem Hessischen nach Russland auswanderten und 100 Jahre später ihren Weg auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent fortsetzten, setzen sich die Performer mit vergangener Migration und den Widersprüchen familiärer Identität auseinander – im fluiden Erzählfluss eines Paares auf der Suche nach einem “Queer Heritage“ und einer Heimat, die nie existierte.
Research, Text & Performance Federico & Wenzel Vöcks de Schwindt
A production by Vöcks de Schwindt in cooperation with TATWERK | Performative Forschung.
2021 at TD Berlin (Pandemic version)
Photos: Jana Kießer
2019 at TATWERK | Performative Forschung in Berlin
Photos: Jana Kießer
2021 on the theatre vessel of WUK Theater Quartier in Halle/Saale
Photos: Patrick Jungwirth
2022 at Altofest in Naples (Italy)
Photos: Vicky Solli
Show history
Upcoming 10th November 2023 at 17:30 & 20:00 // Argentina Premiere // El Galpón de Guevara //Buenos Aires (Argentina)6
Upcoming 11th November 2023 at 18:00 // El Galpón de Guevara //Buenos Aires (Argentina)6
1st October 2023 at 18:00 // LICHTHOF Theater // Hamburg (Germany)5
30th September 2023 at 18:00 & 21:00 // 50th Performance // LICHTHOF Theater // Hamburg (Germany)5
29th September 2023 at 18:00 & 21:00 // LICHTHOF Theater // Hamburg (Germany)5
30th October 2022 at 18:00 & 21:00 // Verso Sud // Corato, Bari (Italy)
29th October 2022 at 18:00 & 21:00 // Verso Sud // Corato, Bari (Italy)
28th October 2022 at 18:00 & 21:00 // Verso Sud // Corato, Bari (Italy)
23rd October 2022 at 16:00 & 20:00 // ZeitZeug Festival // Bochum
16th October 2022 at 20:00 // Altofest // Valletta (Malta)
15th October 2022 at 17:00 // Altofest // Valletta (Malta)
14th October 2022 at 20:00 // Altofest // Valletta (Malta)
3rd to 13th October 2022 // Residency // Altofest // Valletta (Malta)
19th June 2022 at 12:30 & 19:30 // Altofest // Naples (Italy)4
18th June 2022 at 19:00 & in addition at 22:00 // Altofest // Naples (Italy)4
17th June 2022 at 20:00 // Italy Premiere // Altofest // Naples (Italy)4
6th to 19th June 2022 // Residency // Altofest // Naples (Italy)4
31st July 2021 at 16:00 // Kultursommer 2021 // Werk4 // Magdeburg
24th July 2021 at 19:00 & 21:30 // WUK Theater Quartier // Halle/Saale
27th June 2021 at 20:00 & 22:30 // TD Berlin // Berlin3
26th June 2021 at 22:30 // TD Berlin // Berlin3
25th June 2021 at 22:30 // TD Berlin // Berlin3
22nd June 2021 at 19:00 & 21:30 // TD Berlin // Berlin3
21st June 2021 at 19:00 & 21:30 // TD Berlin // Berlin3
20th June 2021 at 19:00 & 21:30 // Revival // TD Berlin // Berlin3
24th October 2020 at 11:00 & 13:30 // Szenario – Festival für Darstellende Künste // Lüneburg // Originally scheduled for May 2020
06th to 13th September 2020
23rd to 25th July 2020 // FURORE – International festival for young theatre // Ludwigsburg // Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic2
20th May 2020 at 16:00 & 20:00 + 21st May 2020 at 16:00 // Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2020 // Selected for the Newcomer’s Platform Introducing… // Theaterdiscounter // Berlin // Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic1
16th & 17th May 2020 // Szenario – Festival für Darstellende Künste // Lüneburg // Postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic
15th February 2020 at 18:00 & 20:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
14th February 2020 at 18:00 & 20:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
1st February 2020 at 18:00 & 20:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
31st January 2020 at 18:00 & 20:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
2nd November 2019 at 19:00 & 21:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
1st November 2019 at 19:00 & 21:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
19th October 2019 at 19:00 & 21:30 // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
7th September 2019 at 18:00 & 20:30 // Premiere // TATWERK | Performative Forschung // Berlin
1 During the festival’s online edition Performing Arts Festival Berlin@home a video recording of the performance was available on demand in the festival’s Digital Showroom. // Based on the performance the festival invited us to create Instructions for those at home #1.
2 Instead of the analogue festival we were invited to participate in the festival’s online edition as speakers in two online discussions on ‚Digital Theatre – Void and Vision‘ as well as with a video statement.
3 The revival in cooperation with TD Berlin, funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa des Landes Berlin. Media partner is taz.die tageszeitung.
4 The participation at Altofest 2022 was made possible thanks to the auspices of the Goethe-Institut Neapel.
5 The guest performances were realised by the Netzwerk Freier Theater – this project is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program „Verbindungen fördern“ by the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V.
6 The guest performances are funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt des Landes Berlin.
This production is available for touring. For further information please contact us.