THURSDAY 3rd > SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2015
ZONA ESTERNA + GALLERIA | video installation
Italian Premiere | within the frame SWISS TIME
VIDEO PROJECT WITH FESTIVAL VISITORS
My other life
Documenting what could have been
THURSDAY 3rd > SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2015 | Recordings with visitors | 18.00>24.00
TUESDAY 8th > SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2015 | Video installation | 18.00>24.00
TUESDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 2015 | Vernissage of the video installation | 19.30
Director Mats Staub
Camera Benno Seidel
Music Andrea Brunner
Graphics Krispin Heé
Production Manager Klaas Werner
Co-produced by Festival Theaterformen. Festival Belluard Bollwerk International
www.matsstaub.com
Matthias or Franziska, Sofia or Franceso, Ben or Emma. First names are given at birth. Once it has been registered the name remains with us for a lifetime. But what part does the name play in our lives? Does it shape us or do we fill it with meaning? How would it feel to be someone else and live with a different name? In his latest project, the Swiss Mats Staub, asks about names.
During the early part of the festival, Mats Staub invites artists, members of the festival team, festival-goers and locals in front of his camera in order to reveal what they would have been called if they had been of the opposite sex. He then will edit the footage gathered over the four days to create a video installation. The confluence of these many different faces who appear under their “other” name prompt a deep and emotional meditation on fundamental issues such as identity, destiny, family, community and the bonds that hold humanity together.
BIOGRAPHY
Mats Staub (1972, Muri/Bern, Switzerland), lives and works in Olten, Switzerland and wherever his projects take him. He studied theatre studies, journalism and religious studies in Bern, Fribourg and Berlin. In the past, he worked as a journalist for various publications (1996 – 2001), and as a dramaturge at The- ater Neumarkt in Zurich (2002 – 2004). Since 2004 he has been creating art projects in the transitional area between theatre and exhibition, journalism and science.
Works (Selection)
21 – Erinnerungen ans Erwachsenwerden (Memories of Growing Up)
Frankfurt, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (September 2012); Hanover, Festival Theaterformen (June 2013); Belgrade, KC Grad (July 2013); Bern, Muse- um of Communication (August 2013); Stuttgart, Theater Rampe (November 2013 ); Zurich, Gessnerallee (March 2014); Weimar, Kunstfest Weimar (August 2014); Basel, Museum der Kulturen (October 2014); Vienna, Wiener Festwochen (May 2015)
Zehn wichtigste Ereignisse meines Lebens (Ten Important Events In My Life)
Basel, Kaserne Basel, Theater Roxy Birsfelden (January 2013); Lucern, Kleintheater Luzern, Südpol Luzern (February 2013); Zurich, Gessnerallee, Theater Winkelwiese, Theater Rigiblick, Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik (March 2013); Basel, Basler Dokumentartage, Kaserne (April 2013); Bern, Festival Auawirleben (April 2013); Zurich, Festspiele, Gessnerallee (Juni 2013); Aarau, Theater Tuchlaube (October 2013); Chur, Theater Chur (November 2013); Frankfurt, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (February 2014); Braunschweig, Festival Theaterformen (June 2014); Stuttgart, Insight (May 2015)
Mein anderes Leben (My other Life)
Fribourg, Bollwerk Festival International (June 2015); Hanover, Festival Theaterformen (July 2015)
Feiertage (Holidays)
Basel, Kaserne (September 2010); Zurich, Gessnerallee (January 2011); Lucern, Kleintheater Luzern (September 2011); Braunschweig, Festival The- aterformen (June 2012); Prague, Pražský divadelní festival německého jazyka (November 2012); Basel, Museum der Kulturen (May 2013); Lugano, FIT Festiva (October 2014); Stuttgart; Insight (May 2015); Fribourg, Bollwerk Festival International (June 2015)
Meine Grosseltern | Erinnerungsbüro (My Grandparents | Memory Bureau)
Bern, Festival Auawirleben (April 2008); Zurich, Theaterspektakel (August 2008); Basel, Theater Basel (September 2008); Solothurn, Theater Biel Solothurn (April 2009); Vienna, Wiener Festwochen (May 2009); Hanover, Festival Theaterformen (June 2009); Chur, Theater Chur (November 2009); Geneva, Festival Trans / Mamco (February 2010); Bern, Museum of Communication (September 2010); Hamburg, Schauspielhaus Hamburg (October 2010); Aarau, Stadtmuseum / Kunsthaus (October 2010); Liestal, Museum.BL (April 2011); Stans, Salzmagazin / Niedwaldner Museum (March 2012); Frankfurt, Historisches Museum (September 2012); Stuttgart, Wilhelmspalais (March2013)
5000 Liebesbriefe (5000 Love Letters)
Zurich, Theater Neumarkt (February 2004); Solothurn, Solothurner Literaturtage (May 2004); St. Petersburg, Baltijski Dom (February 2005); Moscow, Teatr.Doc (March 2005); Novgorod, Zar-Skazka Festival (April 2005); Ekaterinburg, Festival Na Grani (September 2005); Lucern, Luzer- ner Theater (December 2005); Bern, Museum of Communication (February 2006); Vienna, Wiener Festwochen (May 2006)
Publications
Meine Grosseltern / My Grandparents. Edition Patrick Frey. September 2010 Zehn wichtigste Ereignisse meines Lebens. Salis Verlag. October 2014