claudia bosse / theatercombinat

fragment 1 der vertrag

fragment 2 das ruderal

fragment 3 konkrete utopie

fragment 4 die organisation des raumes

fragment 5 prolog einer kartographie

fragment 6 ruinen, eine niederlage

fragment 7 the not yet solved accessibility

fragment 8 "man sollte lernen mehr in treppenhäusern zu leben, aber wie?" george perec

fragment 9 der tote hase oder wie man niemals beuys entkommt

fragment 10 bodenstörung

fragment 11 der einzug des symbolischen in ein offenes gelände

fragment 12 erinnerung der steine

fragment 13 pioniere

fragment 14 temporäre ZONEn

fragment 15 das fehlende pferd oder die ewigkeit durch die gestirne 1

fragment 16 pflanze werden

fragment 17 barrikaden

fragment 18 self-organization

fragment 19 verklärung der pariser commune

fragment 20 ewigkeit in den sternen

fragment 21 das loch oder tiefenbohrung

fragment 22 the boy who is sacrificed

fragment 23 modell(habitat)

fragment 24 aufstand der mägen

fragment 25 gespenster, wildnis

fragment 26 kommunikation mit räumen

fragment 27 denn uns erzog die schönheit der ruinen 1

fragment 28 einnahme des territoriums

fragment 29 die knochen der commune

fragment 30 denn uns erzog die schönheit der ruinen 2

fragment 31 denn uns erzog die schönheit der ruinen 3

fragment 32 knochen pflanzen. zukunft!

fragment 33 mythologie nova

fragment 34 what is space in this work

fragment 35 paris, place vendome

fragment 36 aufstand der mägen 2

fragment 38 place blanche, barricade des femmes

fragment 40 sprechen mit den toten

fragment 41 acoustic texture of spaces

fragment 42 denn uns erzog die schönheit der ruinen 4

fragment 43 denn uns erzog die schönheit der ruinen 5

fragment 44 zerschlagung des geländes

fragment 45 on the edge

fragment 46 geruch der sedimente

fragment 47 ins innere

fragment 48 chimäre/n

fragment 49 begehung des geländes, in den grund

fragment 50 bruchstück, listening

fragment 51 falling into earth

fragment 52 dort dann wohnte sie und schmeckte die erde

fragment 53

fragment 54 assembly of different thoughts

fragment 55 konstellation der steine

fragment 56 konstellation knochen holz landschaft

fragment 59 antrag

fragment 66 les choses sanglantes

the paris commune of 1871 is regarded as a turning point in history which heralded the central questions of the 20th century of how to change and improve the social order. the uprising against the french government by a revolutionary parisian city essembly aimed to reshape paris in line with socialist ideology. in the years that followed, the commune served as a role model for direct democracy and the communist ideal of a “dictatorship of the proletariat”. the paris commune has fascinated generations of artists of all genres ever since.

now 150 years since its establishment, the forum freies theater (FFT) in düsseldorf interprets the paris commune as an experiment for new forms of urban democracy. in a multidisciplinary project, in which artistic forms and media, e.g. photography, performances, and music are combined with urbanism and activism in a laboratory, the organisers plan to revisit the lessons of the paris commune to shed light on the current malaise in such cities as beirut, caracas, barcelona and others. according to the premise of place internationale, the unrest in these cities is often the result of unfulfilled promises of self-determination, municipalism and the “right to the city”, as was the case long ago in paris.

in 2021 the FFT düsseldorf will move into its new premises at the former general post office, which together with the central library and the theatre museum, will become a major cultural centre located close to the main train station. place internationale sees the move as an opportunity to question the future role of these institutions for urban democracy. to this end, a group of some 30 international artists, theorists and activists will test various artistic-social practices of self-determination and self-empowerment (commoning) with an shared artistic space of knowledge and a workshop atmosphere. the doors will be open to the public at no cost. the aim is to jointly present a possible model of an urban cultural organisation which projects the ideas of the paris commune onto current social circumstances and sustainably alters cultural institutions by means of a radical democratisation. gefördert durch die kulturstiftung des bundes.