Das Glück des Ja-Sagens is a trilogy based on Nietzsche's affirmative philosophy. This was an important source of inspiration for postmodern theorists. One could argue: Nietzsche provided the theoretical foundation of postmodernism. The pluralistic perspective, which neither negates nor excludes the Other, but includes it as Other, is based on the affirmation of life (beyond the beyond!), of play and of chance. We have playfully taken them on and were in part I - becoming human - in the city forest, in the second part - affirmations - in a private apartment and in the (for now, who knows?) final part - the happiness of saying no - in the Gessnerallee. The three parts stand for contexts in which we move: Nature (Part I), Privacy (Part II) and the Public (Part III).
The fact that saying no brings happiness is often enough demonstrated in the political sphere: No-sayers have the advantage over Yes-sayers of clarity, No-sayers are more easily able to bundle forces and initiate powerful movements. We say NO on this evening because we want to trace the happiness of saying yes as a social utopia. Reclaim postmodernity!
Music by Franz Schubert, Alvin Lucier, Alexander Skriabin, Patrick Frank (UA), Galina Ustvolskaya, Trond Reinholdtsen (UA), Arvo Pärt. Other works will be determined by the audience in Parts I and II.
Das Glück des Ja-Sagens is a trilogy based on Nietzsche's affirmative philosophy. This was an important source of inspiration for postmodern theorists. One could argue: Nietzsche provided the theoretical foundation of postmodernism. The pluralistic perspective, which neither negates nor excludes the Other, but includes it as Other, is based on the affirmation of life (beyond the beyond!), of play and of chance. We have playfully taken them on and were in part I - becoming human - in the city forest, in the second part - affirmations - in a private apartment and in the (for now, who knows?) final part - the happiness of saying no - in the Gessnerallee. The three parts stand for contexts in which we move: Nature (Part I), Privacy (Part II) and the Public (Part III).
The fact that saying no brings happiness is often enough demonstrated in the political sphere: No-sayers have the advantage over Yes-sayers of clarity, No-sayers are more easily able to bundle forces and initiate powerful movements. We say NO on this evening because we want to trace the happiness of saying yes as a social utopia. Reclaim postmodernity!
Music by Franz Schubert, Alvin Lucier, Alexander Skriabin, Patrick Frank (UA), Galina Ustvolskaya, Trond Reinholdtsen (UA), Arvo Pärt. Other works will be determined by the audience in Parts I and II.
Artistic direction, concept, meta-composition | Patrick Frank |
Idea, text, performance | Malte Scholz |
Composition, performance | Trond Reinholdtsen |
Video artist | Karim Patwa |
Clarinet | Martin Sonderegger |
Violin | Christina Aiko Mayer |
Violoncello | Moritz Müllenbach |
Piano | Simone Keller |
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Ensemble Tzara in co-production with Gessnerallee Zürich. Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Pro Helevetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Ernst-Göhner-Stiftung. |