Life, at the moment:

Out of the window

Bedroom window:

Rehearsal-Space window:

Switzerland somehow feels very idyllic.

My Rehearsal Space is my Castle

I didn't see much of Switzerland yet, instead I spend hours with my lovely new jigsaw in this lovely huge hall.

Ghostcity

I'm going to spend this summer in Switzerland, traveling between Bern, Basel, and Aarau. There will be three of us, Marius Kob, Pauline Drünert an me; researching, building, rehearsing. Premiere will be in september.

But: There will be a preview already this may!
At the NEWZ!-Festival in Stuttgart, under the title "Corner Cuts".
Fr 06.05. 19h30 / 21h45 / 22h40.
Free entrance, but the audience number is limited to 12 people per show - book your seat!

Cäcilie

Enjoying the changes, that come through painting and clothes. The small one is nearly finished now.


Apart from that I'm packing, unpacking and repacking boxes, and shuffle them from one place to another. When did I collect all that stuff? One day I need to be strong enough to simply throw 90% of it away.. - One day.

New Spaces

I finally moved!
The second-choice flat is smaller than first-choice one, but there's still a tiny little spot for my workshop-space. So it's big enough. And since I managed to talk the landlord into giving me a basement-room as well, everything seems to fit in. Hooray!

(Only Minus in moving: I miss internet and phone.)

Ravenboy / Rabenjunge

"Ravenboy" is an animated short movie for which I was part of the puppet building team, and for which I also puppeteered in the summer of 2009 (pictures of the movie & the making of at the Homepage). Now, 1,5 years later, the movie finally has its premiere:
At the Berlinale 2011, taking place from 10th-20th of february!

It's nominated in two categories:
"Kurzfilme 2 Kplus" and "Generation Mix".

13.02. 14:00 Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 2
14.02. 11:30 CinemaxX 3
15.02. 10:00 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
20.02. 16:00 CinemaxX 5

Additional dates are at the Filmfest Dresden / International Shortfilm Festival,
taking place 12.-17.04.

It will also be shown at the NEWZ!-Festival in Stuttgart, Mi 04.05. 19:00.

As well as at the 18th International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart,
in the Category "Young Animation", Programm 1,
taking place 03.-08.05.

Go and see!

It's done!

After one more week of hard work on costume, handlings and details it's done. Premiere was on the third of february, and it went quite well. Now it's off my hands and fully under control of the Hör- und Schaubühne Stuttgart.
A weird feeling, always again, not to be on stage as well. I'll have to learn it better to have less adrenaline-d premieres.

A tale of things I didn't know I could do

Next week a commission work for a theatre company in Stuttgart is due. We started to work on it last february with some basic material experiments and improvisations, and I continued working every here and then. These days last things have to be done in a hurry, and soon it's over.
Main things I learned? - Decisions are important. Dare a lot, but think about it properly before starting the first act on it. Improvisation is a true friend for the performer of uncommon tasks. Don't work when very tired.
That's it. Results will be shown on stage next week, but some previews here:

Latex Experiences

Note to self: Latex darkens more than expected.

More story-based: One day, the two Marias, who liked to look nature-bound, got very burned in the sunshine, so they had to wear proper make-up until the end of their lifes to cover the marks.

Dear Diary (01)

Dear Diary,

last night I was invited to a proper diner into a proper restaurant.
Unfortunately I had just put my only pair of warm shoes into plaster to take a cast of them.
That's why I left the house in borrowed 45-sized shoes.
When I felt the waitress' gaze on my feet I didn't even start to explain.
It suddenly felt very absurd.

Your's,
XXX

I know what I did this summer (IV): October

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I know what I did this summer (III): September

I know what I did this summer (II): August