An Invitation to Disappear • Julian Charrière

In the organizer's words:

In his large-format video installation An Invitation to Disappear, French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière interweaves human history, natural disasters and the global economy to create an impressive visual and acoustic experience. Between the baroque splendor of the gallery and the powerful video presence, Charrière creates a space in which image, sound, light and rhythm become an artistic unity and develop an evocative effect.

An Invitation to Disappear, filmed in South East Asia, simulates an unusual rave in the middle of a monoculture palm oil plantation. A tracking shot through endless rows of palm trees is accompanied by hypnotizing natural sounds and techno beats developed in collaboration with British DJ and producer Ed Davenport aka Inland. Fog, flashing strobes and overpowering sounds transform the palm grove into a kind of "melancholic party zone", where the absence of people further enhances this mood. The film responds to the historic volcanic eruption in Indonesia that plunged the world into darkness and extreme weather in 1816 - a climate crisis that is remembered in Europe as the "year without a summer". On the premiere evening of An Invitation to Disappear, the composer of the film music, Inland, will provide a danceable combination of visual art, techno and house on the historic Orangenplatz in the Herrenhausen Gardens.

ACCESSIBILITY

The gallery is accessible via a separate entrance, please allow some time and ask the staff on site. The Orangenplatz, where the DJ set takes place, has limited accessibility: access to the garden is possible at ground level, in the garden there are paths on gravel.

Further information at: https://kunstfestspiele.de/an-invitation-to-disappear/

Price information:

Wed 3.6. 20 Euro / reduced 10 Euro (plus fees) Thu 4.6. - Sun 7.6. pay what you can