SPIELART Festival: FOR THE ONES WE LOVE

Close your eyes and think of someone who has shaped you, someone you love": The performance FOR THE ONES WE LOVE creates a space to pay tribute to these people - be they friends, relatives or public figures such as artists, philosophers or politicians. Maybe they live far away, maybe they have already passed away? In 10- to 15-minute public sessions, which take place over several hours in the festival center, visitors come into contact with the performers individually - in a subtly humorous ritual of remembrance: blindfolded, they draw the loved one on a foil that is projected onto the wall and share their personal stories with the people in the room. The result is sometimes entertaining, sometimes touching, sometimes absurd portraits - and a community-building experience that can take surprising turns. The internationally acclaimed German-British collective Gob Squad was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Theater Biennale 2024 and is back in Munich for the first time in many years.