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Artist Talk during Temple of Alternative Histories
Staatstheater Kassel

Initiated by Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir, Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, and Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch.

TAH invites together the general public in Kassel with artists, performers, as well as cognitive scientists, care practitioners, and non-human subjects. The processual project unfolds between June and September 2022 at Staatstheater Kassel, coinciding with documenta fifteen.

The transdisciplinary art project Temple of Alternative Histories (TAH) revisits the many entanglements between nature and culture and facilitates contemplation of the pressing issues raised by today’s environmental crisis. How can mythological narratives impact nature and vice versa?

Consisting of three major components—an arts installation, public programme, and stage work—TAH is inspired by the origins of the theatre as a ritualistic meeting place, a structure built around an empty metaphorical space intended to stage and host meaning.

The project as a whole attempts to readdress hierarchical boundaries between artistic and scientific disciplines. What spaces and forms of mediation can enhance a public, artistic, and scientific debate about the current states of affairs?

Troika's computer animated film 'Terminal Beach' will be shown as part of the TAH public programme followed by an artist talk and an in conversation with writer and curator Cassandra Edlefsen Lasch and sociologist TBC Prof. Dr. Jörn Lamla in the Opera foyer.

SUNDAY 17 JULY 2022

17 July 2022 6pm.

The artist talk will be followed by the the stage performance of the TEMPLE OF APPROPRIATED HISTORIES / 19:00–23:00 / Opera house

Temple of Alternative Histories is presented by Staatstheater Kassel. It is supported by The Nordic Culture Fund, The Nordic Culture Point, and The Icelandic Art Grant. The collaboration with the University of Kassel and Scientists for Future is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of Science Year 2022 – Participate!