ENSEMBLE

For ENSEMBLE, director and artist Marlin de Haan and her team invite audiences to a happening at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr that blurs the lines between theater and backstage, event and action. The project aims to explore and redefine the familiar dynamics between audience and performance in the theater through artistic means.

To develop the project—with the aim of engaging as many diverse people as possible and gathering their perspectives on the theater world—Marlin de Haan moves into a high-rise complex in downtown Mülheim. Her apartment becomes a temporary meeting place where artistic, personal, and public concerns are discussed. Supplemented by activities in public spaces, the aim is to engage citizens as both an audience and fellow participants, and to document shared interests, differences, and distances. What opportunities for new alliances and partnerships can be found in the neighborhood and through acts of hospitality?

As part of the May special feature „Solidarität, Klasse und Bewusstsein“.

Marlin de Haan works at the intersection of visual and performing arts. She explores the tensions between bodies and objects in space and is interested in the possibilities and limitations of modes of action, as well as formats of representation and narrative. Marlin de Haan stages plays, performances, and films; designs sculptures, installations, and spaces; and creates exhibitions and interactions in public, private, and art spaces (u.a. Urbane Künste Ruhr, FFT Düsseldorf, FWT Köln, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Bomontiada Alt Istanbul, Manifesta 9 Genk/Belgien, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Bochum). She creates her works within various collaborative settings.  www.marlindehaan.de

Artistic Direction / Direction, Space: Marlin de Haan
Moderation / Music / Performance: Marcus Zilz
Live-Music / Performance: Victor Gelling, Jonas Gerlach, Maxime von Koblinski
Costume design / Performance: Kora Hamm
Dramaturgy: Cornelius Schaper
Film documentation: Ioanna Langowski, Rapha Heinisch
Photo documentation: Tobias Sitko
Communication Design / Collaboration on the Space: Klara Kron
Contribution to project organization: Tobias Sitko
Technical Project Management: Pascal Gehrke
Consulting on Community Work: Lisa Zehetner
Financial Management: Katrin Wiesemann

and guests.

ENSEMBLE is supported by: Fonds Soziokultur, Kunststiftung NRW, the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Düsseldorf. Production: Marlin de Haan, Co-production: Ringlokschuppen Ruhr