CHRONIK DER DINGE, DIE WIR NICHT VERSTEHEN

Snapshots of a city

The partner for the TiB's first pact is a network project in Graz that started in spring 2024 under the title “Das grüne Band”.
The TiB ensemble members go to specific points on this imaginary green ribbon and deal with things that they do not understand in this place.
They dance across sealed streets, go in search of childhood memories, lose themselves in the starry sky, explore a large construction site, fight their way through the bushes, deal with complex questions, are on the trail of conspiracy theories or retreat into their own incomprehension. These experiences give rise to a network of stories, places, languages and melodies that flow together on the TiB stage together with videos recorded at the places visited.
Do I need to be here?
Why do swallows fall from the sky?
Why are we meeting here?
Do I have to hate this Indian balsam?
How far into the past can I see from here?
Is it beautiful here?

Team: Jacob Banigan, Juliette Eröd, Gabriela Hiti, Lorenz Kabas, Monika Klengel, Rupert Lehofer
Helene Thümmel (set, photos)
Markus Rudolf-Klengel (technology)
Fritz Hierzegger (video sound)
Benno Hiti (music)
Martin Schneebacher (lighting)
Christina Romirer (photos, production management)
Outside Eyes: Ed.Hauswirth, Pia Hierzegger

Eva Hofer (concept, text)
Johanna Hierzegger (concept, videos)

“The project aims to connect green, natural, vital places and their inhabitants between the Plabutsch in the west of Graz and the Leechwald in the east and make them accessible in both conceptual and formal terms. A “line”, a “transect”, a “ribbon” connects these places as well as the art and cultural institutions located there and other partners who enter into a relationship with one or more of these places for the duration of the project (and beyond, if possible), perhaps “adopting” them, or at least taking care of them.” (from the program text of Das Grüne Band)
Inspired by the Green Belt network initiated by Margarethe Makovec, Sibylle Dienesch and Thomas Wolkinger 2024. (<rotor>, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, neighborhood initiatives, scientists, observers, green space officers, architects, urban planners and many more)

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