Teutonistan

In the organizer's words:

From silence. Speaking. Contradict. / Interdisciplinary stage project / by Bülent Kullukcu / Directed by Bülent Kullukcu and Karnik Gregorian / Guest performance Galerie Kullukcu Gregorian

World premiere Heidelberg Stückemarkt

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What if the history of Germany is told anew - from the perspective of the people who are being ignored? While right-wing parties are making headlines with "remigration", "Teutonistan" is taking a stand against it - with empowering stories, angry sounds and memories of solidarity. The focus is on the voices of so-called guest workers and their descendants: their stories, their sounds, their perspectives on belonging, language and resistance. In a field of tension between documentary research, literature, composition and performance, a multi-layered stage installation is created that makes memory audible and visible.

Inspired by the classic Turkish novel "Die Haltlosen" by Oğuz Atay and musically inspired by the award-winning project "Songs of Gastarbeiter", "Teutonistan" interweaves historical sources, oral history, filmic elements and live music to create a scenic collage about migration, language, everyday life and the persistence of racism - then and now. It tells the story of arrival in a foreign country, language barriers and the present day of racist violence and right-wing ideologies. An artistic antithesis to the regression of our time. A plea for a new, united us.

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