The world-famous Black American jazz musician Jon Hendricks decides to face a part of his past. After France awarded him the Legion d’Honneur in 2001, he sets out again in the summer of 2007 to revisit the places of his first encounter with France – after landing in Normandy. During the Second World War, the 22-year-old Jon Hendricks fought on…

How to archive a memory?How to archive feelings? soft archives explores textiles as collective archives and carriers of memory.In open crafting sessions, participants and the artistic team investigate how longing, belonging, and lived experiences can be woven into a material—how they inscribe themselves and intertwine, and what emerges in the shared act of making while hands are busy. The growing…

How to archive a memory?How to archive feelings? soft archives explores textiles as collective archives and carriers of memory.In open crafting sessions, participants and the artistic team investigate how longing, belonging, and lived experiences can be woven into a material—how they inscribe themselves and intertwine, and what emerges in the shared act of making while hands are busy. The growing…

For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of the evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not merely a storyteller; he opened the gateway to other worlds, building bridges between history and fiction, between reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml revives this tradition with its Syrian ensemble…

Silent film pioneer and “Africa explorer” Hans Schomburgk shot adventure and documentary films in the former German “model colony” of Togo around 1910, shaped by a colonial perspective. More than 100 years later, director Jürgen Ellinghaus travels with a mobile cinema to the original filming locations to explore, together with Togolese audiences, the historical context of the film images and…

For three days, an open walk-in format invites cultural workers—especially theatre makers—from Frankfurt and the surrounding area, as well as anyone who feels moved by theatre. Opening hours on 27 and 28 March: 16:00–20:00. (T)RaumTheater is an installation, workshop space, and meeting point at the same time. For four hours each day, the space invites visitors to think about their…

For three days, an open walk-in format invites cultural workers—especially theatre makers—from Frankfurt and the surrounding area, as well as anyone who feels moved by theatre. Opening hours on 27 and 28 March: 16:00–20:00. (T)RaumTheater is an installation, workshop space, and meeting point at the same time. For four hours each day, the space invites visitors to think about their…

For three days, an open walk-in format invites cultural workers—especially theatre makers—from Frankfurt and the surrounding area, as well as anyone who feels moved by theatre. Opening hours on 27 and 28 March: 16:00–20:00. (T)RaumTheater is an installation, workshop space, and meeting point at the same time. For four hours each day, the space invites visitors to think about their…

A cinematic journey through war-scarred Odessa. With sensitivity and poetic images, director Eva Neymann captures the dreams of the darkened city and the different lives of its residents: children’s dreams and painful memories, street cats in the twilight, flirtations and military call-ups come together to form stories of loss, hope, and resistance.   Film discussion with Eva Neymann, director Ruth…

Jesus in the Industrial Basilica Whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or unaffiliated with any church – Jesus Christ, his life, his suffering and his death continue to fascinate people of all denominations to this day. His idea of placing the human being at the center of faith was revolutionary more than 2,000 years ago. Jesus – Prophet or Political Figure? The…

Jesus in the Industrial Basilica Whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or unaffiliated with any church – Jesus Christ, his life, his suffering and his death continue to fascinate people of all denominations to this day. His idea of placing the human being at the center of faith was revolutionary more than 2,000 years ago. Jesus – Prophet or Political Figure? The…

Jesus in the Industrial Basilica Whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or unaffiliated with any church – Jesus Christ, his life, his suffering and his death continue to fascinate people of all denominations to this day. His idea of placing the human being at the center of faith was revolutionary more than 2,000 years ago. Jesus – Prophet or Political Figure? The…

Jesus in the Industrial Basilica Whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or unaffiliated with any church – Jesus Christ, his life, his suffering and his death continue to fascinate people of all denominations to this day. His idea of placing the human being at the center of faith was revolutionary more than 2,000 years ago. Jesus – Prophet or Political Figure? The…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

At the center is an acousmonium – an orchestral landscape of loudspeakers arranged throughout the space. Acousmatic sounds move multidimensionally through the room, without their source being identifiable. Complemented by live sets on modular synthesizers and field recordings, the program brings together academically trained composers and artists from the electronic underground from France and Germany, creating an immersive listening experience…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

Victorian age: everything in its proper place. A respectable man is a respectable man, a respectable woman is a respectable woman. QUEEN Victoria is a weighty ruler, and the morality of her heavy petticoats creates a stuffy atmosphere that is almost suffocating. And yet Oscar Wilde is the pampered darling of his time. KING Oscar, sovereign of sharp provocations against…

For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of the evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not merely a storyteller; he opened the gateway to other worlds, building bridges between history and fiction, between reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml revives this tradition with its Syrian ensemble…