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Museumsnacht Köln „Interference“

KHG Church Hl. Johannes XXIII.

Sculptural architecture. Geometric shapes, clear lines, simplicity. The upheaval of the time at the end of the 1960s was physically realised in the church building. Starting from the tree of life in the centre of the interior, the architecture unfolds and creates a unique atmosphere and tranquillity. A church as a walk-in sculpture that is not only used by the student chaplaincies as a liturgical space, but is also open as a place for dialogue, encounters and the art of young talents.

„Interference“

An immersive light installation. In challenging times, the exhibition poses key questions about the strength of society and the role of the individual. How are we connected as a society? What values and forces hold us together in a fragmented world? Through the use of media, light and sound, intuitive connections are activated that make the relevance of cohesion tangible. Visitors can actively control the light and sound and thus interact directly with the artwork. The interactive installation is a joint project by Studio.absTime and Ruben Tsangaris.

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When? Museumsnacht 2. November 2024 from 7pm to 2am
Where? KHG Kirche, Berrenrather Strasse 127, 50937 Köln

Program
7pm: Opening words and introduction to the exhibition by the artists
7pm + 10pm Tour of the installation with explanations on technical and artistic aspects

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Shooting "Street of lost hearts"

Film content:

In the near future, Coby (32), the introverted CEO of a large tech company, visits the Emo(tion) Line. In his huge laboratory hideaway, where he grows extinct plants, he spends the night with Ezra (58), a climate refugee who offers her emotional services as a mother for money on the Emo line.

‘Street of Lost Hearts’ is the postgraduate diploma film by Alexander Nowak at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). The film sheds light on the feelings and needs of people living in a world in decline. What can Ezra and Coby, whose realities of life could not be more different, give each other to fill their inner emptiness and hopelessness with something that still gives their lives meaning? 

Shooting took place from 19 to 20 October 2023 in our church of St. John XXIII.

Filmteam & Cast:

Script & direction: Alexander Nowak
Camera: Sarina Laudam
Sound: Björn Castillano
Production Design: Mayte Hellenthal, Hella Vohrmann
Costume: Josefin Kwon
Light: Fine Gumpert
VFX: Phaidonas Gialis
Producerin: Patricia Meier
Final Cut: Alexander Nowak

Cast: Buenaventura de Braunstein, Simon Steinhorst, Eve Beucher, Lovely Brackmann, Lorian Dervishaj

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Well-being Open Mic Night

Experience well-being through art at the first Well-Being Open Mic, a student-led EUniWell project. The first session will be hosted by EUniWell students from the University of Cologne on 14 October. If you are a local artist, apply now to perform in this pilot event!

The Well-Being Open Mic is organised by EUniWell students and aims to provide a recurring platform where students from EUniWell member universities and locals can showcase their creative engagement with themes related to individual, social and environmental well-being. 

This unique project creates spaces where participants can express their creativity and explore themes of well-being. It’s an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, share your artistic talents, and be inspired by each other. 

Pilot event in Cologne

Date: 14 October 2023
Time: 19:00 CEST – 21:00 CEST
Location: KHG Kirche, Berrenrather Str. 127, 50937 Cologne. 

The Well-Being Open Mic will be hosted in English and is open to all age groups and languages. Whether you are a student of the University of Cologne or a local artist, come and join this inaugural event!

We invite you to actively participate in the first Well-Being Open Mic organised by EUniWell students from the University of Cologne. Applications are now open to all students and artists living in Cologne. If you are a poet, musician, storyteller or dancer living in Cologne, apply now to perform during this first session. 

Come and be a part of this unique platform, whether you join us as an artist or as a member of the audience. Let’s make this evening in Cologne memorable with a diverse range of performances and meaningful artistic expressions of well-being.

Further information

To apply, please send an email to our Student Coordinator Tanya Gautam with the following information :

  • Name 
  • Genre (Music, Poetry, Dance, Drama, etc.) 
  • Performance Time (max. 15 minutes)
  • Equipment and Assistance Needs
  • Links to previous works and social media 

The event takes place in English. 

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roh.still

"roh.still" combines the reception of architecture with questions about the institution of the church: the "performative audio walk" sends the audience on the trail of brutalist architecture with radio headphones and questions the current significance of the church in the city and society. The "stage" for this is provided by the Church of St. John XXIII: radio play, feature programme and sound installation meet performance.

schubert- stegemann are theatre makers, authors and performers. In "roh.still" they take up the similarity between theatre and church: Spaces with repetitive appointments, hierarchised procedures, codes of conduct and dramaturgies: What scenic possibilities arise from the co-presence of (brutalist) architecture and human beings? Can churches be spaces of experience beyond faith? What cultural significance is left behind when fewer and fewer people use churches as religious sites? What would be the urban sociological impact of a change of use of the buildings, what could it look like?
"roh.still" sees itself as a test of such a repurposing and wants to question practices of community building with the audience.

Direction/text/performance: schubert-stegemann
Speaker: Nicola Schubert, Karoline Stegemann, NN, NN
Costume: Theresa Mielich 
Music: Chiara Strickland 
Sound production: Felix Breuel 
Production Assistance: Laura Sallfellner
Production management: schubert-stegemann
Graphic design: Johannes Weilandt 

Premiere: 6 July 2023 at 8 pm
Further dates on: 7 July 2023 at 8 pm | 8 July 2023 at 6 pm and 8 pm

Guided tour as an audio walk for the TAG DES OFFENEN DENKMALS on 10th September 2023 at 2.00 pm.

(c) Künstlerkollektiv schubert – stegemann

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