A spatial storytelling project by Lorenzo Sandoval with contributions from: Olga Balema, Patrick Burkhardt, Pieterjan Grandry, Ethan Hayes-Chute, John Holten, Mirak Jamal, Valentina Karga, Hanne Lippard, Dafna Maimon, Michele Di Menna, Antoine Renard, Santiago Taccetti, Clémence de La Tour du Pin, Alex Turgeon and Elvia Wilk.
A Soft Tragedy is conceived as a ‘navigable plot’ taking place along the Landwehr Canal which presents a raft journey narrated by a collective voice of writings, interventions, and artworks. Revisiting the first part of Homer’s Odyssey, the Telemachiad, the narrative aims to reformulate a foundational myth through the removal of the central hero and the addition of an overall premise of ‘gelification’ as it metaphorically applies to the contemporary condition. A map and schedule will be made public in the weeks preceding the event.
The public will meet at 15h and view the stages of the journey from the shore. A guide and map will be provided at the meeting point. The audience is welcomed to witness the story by bike, on foot, or on board your own boat.
Festival insight by Etienne Ster (1), (2) and by Philippe Rives (3), (4) and (5)
A Soft Tragedy
DATE: 16 August 2015
EVENT TIME: 15:00 –
LOCATION: Meet at coordinate 52°28’42.9″N 13°27’26.7″E (Kiehlufer, under the S-Bahn tracks along the Landwehrkanal)