You Are Here! – Episode 5

At its close, the podcast series «You Are Here!» opens up new perspectives: for the last episode, thirteen musicians, artists, composers, journalists, scholars, and philosophers answer the question «Where are we right now?»

Their responses are pondering, dreaming, perplexed, demanding, and utopian. They are like the pebbles in Hansel and Gretel: they set small markers and point the way. Where it leads, however, no one knows.

The podcast series «You Are Here!» is a musical position statement. Where are we right now? Socially? Artistically? With our mind? How do we (re)connect musically?

Texts and Voices (in order of appearance)

Daniyal Ahmed, Igor Štromajer, Mara Genschel, Chaya Czernowin (spoken by Jennifer Khakshouri), Christian Grüny (spoken by Sophie Hein), Svetlana Maraš, Robin Hoffmann, Sarah Nemtsov (spoken by Theresa Beyer), Nicolaus A. Huber (rapped by Arior), Sandeep Bhagwati, Steven Takasugi (spoken by Eric Facon), Leonie Reineke, Hannes Seidl

Music

Christoph Ogiermann: «Music 1 for INDEPENDANT DANCE or FILM» (excerpts)

David Helbich: «for incoming Crowd» (excerpts)

Hannes Seidl: «You Are Here!» #5 & #6

Liz Kosack: live @ Tempelhof Berlin

Elsa M’Bala: «Okimbo»

Etienne Nillesen: «Repetition»

Oxana Omelchuk: «Intermezzo #4»

Produced and arranged by Hannes Seidl

Language: German and English

A production by Norient.

The texts were written in September 2020 for «You Are Here», a project by Briefkastenfirma and Mousonturm Frankfurt, funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main and Hessische Kulturstiftung, supported by Palmengarten Frankfurt.

Artistic direction: Theresa Beyer, Paul Hübner, Hannes Seidl

Assistance: Sophie Hein

Design and scenography: form fellows

Production management: ehrliche arbeit – Freies Kulturbüro