Raluca Voinea
I am a Mole and I Live in a Hole
Moderation: Cord Riechelmann
Part of the festival “The Mole Keeps on Digging. Animals / Politics / Performance”
- Dialogue
English /
The presentation will depart from the imaginary of the underground as a refuge and as a place of resistance building. The solitary figure of the mole will accompany a series of excursuses through the chthonic propensities of cultural and activist practices, seen on the backdrop of and opposed to a battle for the sun and the upper land. There will be wandering in the depths of post-apocalyptic shelters and wondering why there is not more passion in the claim of the 99% for the light. Other figures from the mole’s peers within darkness, such as the rat and the bat, will be summoned to a discussion on how to develop other senses when sight is obscured and how to invoke the good spirits of the underworlds. Examples will range from precarious art spaces relegated to unhealthy, potentially lethal basements to tunnel-boring machines named after Orthodox saints; from a giant mole as a manifestation of punishment for greed to people standing united against darkness in the City of Ember; and from the figures of solitary hackers working in remote, anonymous places to their ways of network-operating and infiltrating, teaching us possible modes of being in the future. Whether this future will be bright or lived under the constant menace of blackout, the possibility for its very existence seems to be configured only in and by a horizon of collectiveness.
Dates
Past
Credits
Supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
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. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
