The Performances
Dienstag
30.04.2024
08:00 Uhr
Ringmauerweg
Eskorte
Welcome to the Ringmauer Tower – a place that once stood for borders and protection, but has now become a lively meeting place for a wide range of activities. Sunday walkers and joggers stroll here – even various cats roam the area and turn the path into a catwalk. But there is more to this idyllic scene. Once upon a time, sentries patrolled here to protect the citizens from harm. Katrin Kinsler’s performance takes on a modern border patrol that takes place 24/7 in everyday life. Instead of a lance, she symbolically carries a barrier to escort passers-by and ask about their concerns. Because demarcation also means exclusion, an experience that people around the world have not only because of their gender. Distancing, verbal and physical assaults are constant battlegrounds. The artist sets an example and creates space for respect and safety – also on the catwalk of the Ringmauer Tower.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Katrin Kinsler
Dienstag
30.04.2024
12:00 Uhr
Luziferturm
In-fragilité II
The performance by Yena Kim deals with the “glass slipper of Cinderella”. The shoe stands for the constraints of society and symbolizes not only the dream of a better future, but also the invisible barriers that prevent women in particular from going beyond the role imposed on them.
The performance begins at the Lucifer Tower, which was the starting point for many of those accused of witchcraft on their way to trial, imprisonment in the Bürgerturm or execution.
The characteristics of the duality of the material of “glass” – fragile and transparent at the same time – convey fear, discomfort and pain in every moment of the performance march. At the same time, the Lucifer Tower symbolizes the “history of discrimination” and the path of the march is meant to serve as a sign to counter the cycle of intimidation and imprecation.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Yena Kim
Dienstag
30.04.2024
12:15 Uhr – 15:00 Uhr
During the march
Protest for witches
In recent years, the accusation of African children and women being accused of being witches and their persecution has caused worldwide concern. The existence of witch camps in Africa reveals deep-rooted superstition and social inequalities, as well as ritualized violence against children. Ezgi Böttger’s black-robed protest is directed against this injustice and demands an end to witchcraft accusations and the return of the women concerned to their families.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Ezgi Böttger
Dienstag
30.04.2024
12:30 Uhr
Bürgerturm
A Tribute to C. R., 1570 – 1618
Britta M. Ischka focuses on the moving story of Christina Rauscher, who was unlawfully accused of being a witch, arrested and tortured. She was imprisoned in the Bürgerturm for almost a year before she was able to punish the court offense as the official accuser. The indomitability and will to survive of this woman as well as her fight against slander and arbitrariness are symbolically represented in dynamic dance movements. The performance in front of the tower also encourages us to reflect on current social events such as fake news and hate speech in our post-factual era.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Britta M. Ischka
Dienstag
30.04.2024
13:00 Uhr
Rat- und Wachhaus
Signum II
Between 1558 and 1671, at least 125 innocent women and a small number of men and young people were accused and convicted of witchcraft. In Memoriam, the artist Andrea Isa blurs the boundaries between reality and the past, while obliviously using fragments of language to create a captivating mystery.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Andrea Isa
Dienstag
30.04.2024
14:30 Uhr
Marktbrunnen
Die dunkle Seite des Mondes
Angela Vanini takes up the dark history of witch-hunts: the water test, a method for determining witchcraft. At the market fountain, where the events once took place, the artist will proclaim. As she wanders around, repeating herself, getting increasingly involved, lost, confused and drawing comparisons between past and present events, her words will echo across Horber’s market square until she is physically exhausted.
The performance is intended to invite reflection on prejudices and stereotypes, absurd declarations of guilt and innocence and even conspiracies regarding the dark sides of human history and their effects to this day – in prejudices, discrimination and more.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Angela Vanini
Dienstag
30.04.2024
15:00 Uhr
Weißer Garten
The Cleaning
In the White Garden at Jakobsbrunnen, a place of silence and contemplation, the performers come together in a circle around the fountain under the direction of Sissi-Madelaine Schöllhuber and Anette C. Halm. Together they receive the water and pass it on in total silence and internalized calm. This joint act of purification and the gentle splashing of the fountain invite meditation and self-reflection.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
FEM
Sissi-Madelaine Schöllhuber & Anette C. Halm
Dienstag
30.04.2024
12:00 Uhr – 15:00 Uhr
During the march
Mystic Art Walk
People leave traces – in their daily lives as well as in their historical development. In the final performance, Sissi-Madelaine Schöllhuber will not only collect the remains of the Horber March, such as paper, broken glass and feathers, but will also playfully stage the reminder of the persecution of witches through the tongue-in-cheek symbolism of the used broom. The campaign can also be seen as a symbol of our communal and social responsibility for an environment worth living in.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Sissi-Madelaine Schöllhuber
Dienstag
15.09.2024
14:00 Uhr
Gedenkstätte Galgenberg
Hexenprozesse
Simon Pfeffel balances in a horizontal position, in constant danger of falling, on a tree near the memorial to the victims of witch trials.
In this precarious position, he reads out texts from witch trial verdicts from long past court rulings that today seem absurd and unrealistic.
His body, supported by a stick with a holder in the back, becomes a mysterious sculpture.
Text: Günter Baumann, Photography: Jürgen Bubeck, Camera: Anette C. Halm
Simon Pfeffel
With the kind support of the Kunstverein Oberer Neckar e. V..