Concept, Performance, Music: Julian Warner / Music and live drums: Markus Acher / Voice: Veronica Burnuthian / Dramaturgy: Veronika Maurer / Lighting, Technology: Dennis Dita Kopp / Artistic Production Manager: Sabine Klötzer / Translations: Veronica Burnuthian, Anna McCarthy
Julian Warner
DER SOLDAT. Ein Übergangsritual
- Performance
German /
English /
French /
with German and English surtitles /
With French surtitles /
Julian Warner explores Frantz Fanon and the role of violence in the culture war. Amid drum rhythms and physical drills, the stage becomes a space for reflection on colonialism, resistance, and the line between political action and war.
“Art is a weapon.”
Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s thinking about anti-colonial violence, the performance “DER SOLDAT. Ein Übergangsritual” (“THE SOLDIER. A Rite of Passage”) tells the story of a Black artist who realizes he has become a soldier. He takes the stage as an artist. In the struggle for representation and resources, he is given a weapon—and must ask himself: Is the culture war a war?
Together with Markus Acher on live drums, the artist relives this transformation. Through the interplay of language and the physical power of the percussion, a linguistically and musically captivating performance emerges that questions the historical situation and seeks its own relationship to violence.
Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist and theorist from Martinique, analyzed the role of violence in a world shaped by colonialism with a precision matched by few others. His ideas were taken up by political movements worldwide—from the Black Panther Party to the RAF. “THE SOLDIER” distills these tensions into an intense evening exploring representation, violence, and the question of when violence or its defense becomes necessary.
“DER SOLDAT. Ein Übergangsritual” consists of two parts. Part One is a 50-minute musical performance. Part Two is a 60-minute post-performance discussion in a fishbowl format, in which the audience, guided by two group analysts, collectively processes the experience.
Team
Dates
Current
Price: 22 €, reduced 12 €
Credits
Production: Studio Julian Warner. Co-production: Belluard Bollwerk, Kaserne Basel, Donaufestival Krems, Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature, Theater Rampe, Münchner Kammerspiele, studiobühneköln.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
