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Detroit – Berlin: One Circle Music • Talk • Performance • Installation • Film • Club 30.5.–2.6 HAU Detroit – Be rl in: One Circle 30.5. –2.6.2 01 8 Detroit – Berlin: One Circle Music • Talk • Performance • Installation • Film • Club 30.5.–2.6. / HAU1, HAU2, HAU3, Outdoor, Tresor Berlin “Detroit – Berlin: One Circle” spürt der in - Mit Olad Aden ten siven Beziehung zweier immer wieder Joshua Akers abgeschriebener und doch symbolisch Yuko Asanuma A.W.A. überfrachteter Orte nach. Zentren, die mit Mike Banks den sofort assoziierten Bildern brach lie - Lisa Blanning Halima Cassells / Free Market of Detroit gender Zivilisationsruinen einen fast my - Ché & DJ Stacyé J thologischen Austeritäts-(Anti-)Glamour John E. Collins Bryce Detroit versprühen. Zwei Städte aber vor allem, Tashy Endres die im popkulturellen Bewusstsein seit Mark Ernestus den 1980er-Jahren untrennbar durch die Eddie Fowlkes Philipp Halver rasante Entwicklung und Verbreitung von Cornelius Harris Techno miteinander verbunden sind. “De - Dimitri Hegemann Mike Huckaby troit – Berlin: One Circle”, das sich mit sei - Ford Kelly nem Titel auf Robert Hoods Track “Detroit: Kotti-Shop / SuperFuture (Julia Brunner, Stefan Endewardt) One Circle” bezieht, ist das Produkt einer Ingrid LaFleur kooperativen Zusammenarbeit mit ganz Lakuti Séverine Marguin unterschiedlichen, zumeist sub- und pop - Maryisonacid kulturell informierten Akteur *innen, aber Tiff Massey Diana McCarty auch mit Aktivist*innen von (Grassroots-) Zoë Claire Miller Bewegungen, die durch das Engagement Miz Korona & The Korona Effect MODEL 500 (Juan Atkins, Mark Taylor, von African Americans ge prägt werden, Milton Baldwin & Gerald Brunson) die die Bevölkerungsmehrheit Detroits Nguy ễn Baly Kerstin Niemann aus machen. Lucas Pohl SDW e.V. (Frieder Blume, Elisabeth Inhalt Ein Festival des HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Gefördert im Rahmen des Bündnisses internatio - naler Produktionshäuser von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Me - Hampe, Anta Helena Recke, Joana “(Anti-)Glamour” von Zuri Maria Daiß, Pascal Jurt und Sarah Reimann 5 dien. “Detroit – Berlin” ist Teil von “Claiming Common Spaces”, einem Projekt des Bünd - Tischkau) “Jenseits der Erfolgsgeschichten” Ingrid LaFleur und Margit Mayer im Gespräch mit Lucas Pohl 6 nisses internationaler Produktionshäuser. Die Künstler*innenresidenzen werden durch Adrian Tonon “Agenten der Funktionsstörung” von Mark Fisher 12 das HAU Hebbel am Ufer und das Goethe-Institut gefördert. “Zerbeult, aber nie zerbrochen” Miz Korona im Gespräch mit Sonja Eismann 24 Tara Transitory aka One Man Nation Biografien 28 Richard Zepezauer Programmübersicht 32 u.v.m. Festivalkalender und Impressum 39 MIKE HUCKABY How did your neighbourhood change (Anti- )Glamour in the past five years? “Detroit has seen a resurgence in the past Das Festival “Detroit – Berlin: One Circle” be - Ursprung des Genres lässt sich bis zu den Ra - duzent*innen und Recht-auf-Stadt-Akti vist*in - five years. The dying city myth that has zieht sich bereits mit seinem Titel unmissver- diosendungen von Charles Johnson aka The nen wie Julia Brunner vom Kotti-Shop, Tashy ständlich auf Robert Hoods Track “Detroit: Electrifiying Mojo zurückverfolgen, der Funk- Endres und Zoë Claire Miller soll über Möglich - been attached to Detroit is no longer One Circle”. Es stellt zwei Städte ins Zentrum, Tracks mit instrumentalem Hip-Hop und den keitsräume für Kulturproduzent*innen in der relevant. There are tons of new shops and die im popkulturellen Bewusstsein seit den Maschinensounds von Kraftwerk mischte. Ein postindustriellen Stadt nachgedacht werden. businesses throughout Detroit, and the 1980er-Jahren durch die rasante Entwick - Panel mit John E. Collins von Underground Re - Im direkten Städtevergleich werden durch ei - lung und Verbreitung von Techno untrennbar sistance, selbst Radio-DJ, mit dem wir in De - ne Kritik an politischen und privatwirtschaft - downtown area. And even in the neigh - miteinander verbunden sind. troit eine beeindruckende House-Nacht in der lichen Akteur*innen Themen der Gentrifizie - borhoods, too. There is a new rail trans - Nähe der Mack Avenue feierten, widmet sich rung, Vertreibung und Austerität aufgeworfen. portation system for public transportation Unsere viertägige Veranstaltung ist dabei das der Rolle des Radios und der Frage nach der Andererseits gilt es, auch die bekannten Fol - Produkt eines intensiven Austausches und ei - Relevanz dieses Mediums heute. gen des “urban boosterism”, der im Stadtle - within the last three years. ner dynamischen Zusammenarbeit mit ganz ben in erster Linie eine ökonomische Ressour - Detroit is now known as a comeback city. unterschiedlichen, zumeist sub- und popkul - Dem nicht nur historisch, sondern auch aktu - ce sieht, zu analysieren. There is a lot of investment, and develop - turell informierten Akteur*innen, aber auch ell bedeutsamen Austausch beider Städte mit Aktivist*innen von (Grassroots-)Bewe - tragen wir aber nicht nur mit Gesprächsfor - Die interdisziplinär arbeitende Künstlerin Tiff ment taking place in Detroit. Whether that gungen, die durch das Engagement von Afri - maten Rechnung, sondern auch mit musikali - Massey wird für das HAU Hebbel am Ufer ihre will be good for all and reach all communi - can Americans geprägt werden, die die Bevöl - schen Highlights. Juan Atkins, der zusammen erste Bühnen-Performance entwickeln. Mit ties is yet to be seen. But one thing is for kerungsmehrheit Detroits ausmachen. mit Derrick May und Kevin Saunderson als Elementen vom Hip-Hop bis zur House Music Techno-Pionier den neuen “Sound of the City ” findet man bei ihr eine Perspektive, die die ak - sure. The myth that plagued Detroit as Am Anfang unserer Planung für “Detroit – Ber- von Detroit wie kaum ein anderer geprägt tuelle Entwicklung Detroits so kritisch wie an - America’s worst or fastest dying city is lin: One Circle” stand ein Treffen mit dem Mu - hat, wird mit MODEL 500 zum ersten Mal seit schaulich kommentiert. siker und Hard Wax-Betreiber Mark Ernestus Langem wieder in Berlin zu sehen sein. Neben no longer relevant.” in einem kleinen libanesischen Imbiss in der Mike Huckabys Sun Ra Sessions mit Richard Der Austausch zwischen den beiden Städten Reichenberger Straße. Mark Ernestus war für Zepezauer & Lakuti wird sich eine Nacht ganz steht im Zentrum des Projektes Be-Troit, wel- uns von Beginn an ein wichtiger Unterstützer, dem Hip-Hop widmen. Politische Texte treffen ches die Zusammenarbeit von Jugendlichen und bald sollte auch noch Dimitri Hegemann, auf feministische Themen – mit Ché & DJ und Künstler*innen aus Berlin und Detroit der Macher des Tresors, dazustoßen. Ihr Ver - Stacyé J, A.W.A. – African Women Arise und darstellt, die vom Berliner Sozialarbeiter Olad trauen, aber auch das anderer Mitstreiter*in - Miz Korona & The Korona Effect. Aden initiiert wurde. Wenige Wochen vor dem nen, eröffnete für uns wichtige Verbindungs - Festivalstart wird der Austausch überdies linien zu Protagonisten wie Mike Banks und Detroit und Berlin sind nicht nur übervolle durch künstlerische Residencies in Detroit Cornelius Harris von Underground Resistance, musikalische Bedeutungscontainer, sondern vertieft, die die Musikerin Nguyen Baly, die die im vergangenen Sommer während einer auch aus städtepolitischer Hinsicht überde - Performance-Gruppe SDW e.V. sowie Julia Berlinreise das HAU inspizierten. Im November terminierte Orte. Über den reichen musikali - Brunner und Stefan Endewardt vom Kotti- 2017 konnten wir die beiden vor Ort in De - schen Austausch hinweg werden die ebenso Shop wahrnahmen. Sie werden Material ihrer troit treffen. produktiven Felder künstlerischer sowie städ - artistic research präsentieren. tepolitischer Debatten mit einbezogen. Auch Die Rezeption und Distribution des in den hier war das “Wissen der Leute” für uns von Wir hoffen, dass durch die spezifischen Forma - SÉVERINE MARGUIN 1980er-Jahren in Detroit entstandenen Techno großer Bedeutung. Die Kulturwissenschaftle - te von “Detroit – Berlin: One Circle” eine breite – einem Sound, der dem Niedergang der for dis - rin Kerstin Niemann, die teilweise in Detroit Palette unterschiedlichster Aspekte dieser so Wie hat sich deine Nachbarschaft in tischen Stadt nach dem Beginn der Deindus - wohnt, der Humangeograph Lucas Pohl, der speziellen Städtebeziehung erfahrbar wird. trialisierung utopische Bilder der Zukunft ent - zu Detroit forscht, sowie der Journalist Chris - Darüber hinaus soll die intensive Kooperation den letzten fünf Jahren verändert? gegensetzte – führte bekanntlich auch dazu, tian Werthschulte, der kurz vor unserer Reise zwischen pop- und subkulturell engagierten “Ostkreuz: Rollkoffer, Kinderwagen, Bier - dass Berlin sich zu einer Metropole für elek - aus Detroit für die “taz ” berichtete, ermög - und politisch denkenden Akteur *innen aus flaschen. War der alte Bahnhof noch brüchig tronische Musik entwickeln konnte. lichten uns weitere wertvolle Kontakte: zu beiden Orten über den Augenblick hinaus Sy - dem stadtpolitisch aktivistischen Geografen nergien schaffen. und offen, ist er jetzt unter einer Kuppel des In einem Gespräch mit Mike Banks, Mark Er - Joshua Akers, der Bürgermeisterkandidatin Kommerzes gefangen. Verflogen ist der alte nestus und Dimitri Hegemann über die Achse und Afrofuturistin Ingrid LaFleur und dem Zuri Maria Daiß (Kuratorin Musik), Charme der Improvisation. Falsche Burger, “Berlin – Detroit ” werden wir daher in einer Rapper Bryce Detroit, der den Kunstraum ONE Pascal Jurt (Kurator Theorie & Text), Live Oral History die Frage vertiefen, auf wel - Mile in Detroit-North End betreibt. In Gesprä - Sarah Reimann (Dramaturgin) edle Baristas und die
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