Playground for Tomorrow

Wed. 21.6.2023—Fri. 23.6.2023
Performance
Applied Theatre
Free
Playground for tomorrow

Installative, performative and interactive work at various locations in Salzburg, as part of the Sommerszene Salzburg: If today's practices are the basis for tomorrow's life, we should definitely question our everyday actions. To do this, we should create spaces for play where we live - in Salzburg. We are a group of five individuals who come from different places, ages, experiences and languages.

As such, we invite you to transform Salzburg into a field of research and practice, a playground where we test actions for tomorrow's life: Body politics, eye contact, small and big talks, poetic and pragmatic gestures for times to come - good, as well as bad.

Because: more than anything else, practicing on the future is a practice! "Playground for tomorrow" is an installative work, but also a visible and interactive way of being there for each other. The work is the second collaboration between Sommerszene and the master's program Applied Theater - Artistic Theater Practice & Society of the Thomas Bernhard Institute at the University Mozarteum

Inspired by On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons for Resistance/On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century byTimothy Snyder and Nora Krug, the space is both archive and future lab.

PROGRAM:

June 21, 2023

  • 9:00-12:00: Playground is open
  • & 16:00-19:00: break venue, Playground vending machine, Games for Tomorrow, reading space, practice space, who you gonna call, book archives, boat rentals, ...
     
  • FrühVorstellung
    max. 16 participants*, registration requested: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Staatsbrücke, Abramovic'chairs
    • 4:40: Waiting for the Morning
    • 5:30: Morning Walk
    • 6:00: I see you
    • from 7:15: Bread & Butter & Coffee in the Playground
  • 9:30: Introduction to the Playground and our work at the Playground
  • 10:00: which book would you save
    max. 16 participants, please register: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Residenzplatz under the trees
     
  • LATE PERFORMANCE
    max. 10 participants, please register: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Staatsbrücke, Abramovic'Chairs
    • 20:15: Waiting for the Evening
    • 21:00: Evening Walk
    • 21:15: I see you
    • from 22:00: Bread & Butter & Drinks at the Playground


22 June 2023

  • 9:00-12:00: Playground is open
  • & 16:00-19:00: Break Place, Playground Vending Machine, Games for Tomorrow, Reading Place, Practice Room, Who You Gonna Call, Book Archives, Boat Rental, Arrows to the City
  • 9:30: Introduction to the Playground and our work at the Playground
  • from 10:00-13:00: building boats
    come by, join in building, no registration required
    at the Inge-Morath-Platz
  • 16:30: Playground special: Diving into the Almkanal/Swimming in the Salzach with Horst Lechner & Lukas Poyter (ca. 60min, don't forget swimwear and towel)
    After Lukas Ployer and Horst Lechner wrote the book "Flussraum Salzach - Transformation zur Lebensader" in 2017, they are now guests at Playground for Tomorrow and invite us all to experience the sensual qualities of the airspace in natura together with us. We will dive into the inlet area of the Almkanal and discuss the potential of the river space there with beer.
    Meeting point: at the Playground

 

 

  • LATE PERFORMANCE
    max. 10 participants*, registration is requested: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Staatsbrücke, Abramovic'Chairs
    • 20:15: Waiting for the Evening
    • 21:00: Evening Walk
    • 21:15: I see you
    • from 22:00: Bread & Butter & Drinks


23 June 2023

  • 9:00-12:00: Playground is open
  • & 16:00-19:00: Break Place, Playground Vending Machine, Games for Tomorrow, Reading Place, Practice Room, Who You Gonna Call, Book Archives, Boat Rental, ...
     
  • FrühVorstellung
    max. 16 participants:inside, registration is requested: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Staatsbrücke, Abramovic' chairs
    • 4:40: Waiting for the Morning
    • 5:30: Morning Walk
    • 6:00: I see you
    • from 7:15: Bread & Butter & Coffee in the Playground
    • 9:30: Introduction to the Playground and our work at the Playground
  • LATE PERFORMANCE
    max. 10 participants, please register: https://www.termino.gv.at
    Meeting point: Staatsbrücke, Abramovic'Chairs
    • 20:15: Waiting for the Evening
    • 21:00: Evening Walk
    • 21:15: I see you
    • 22:00: Bread & Butter & Drinks & Farewell in the Playground


FrühVorstellung (early performance): An invitation to reflect together on the new day. An invitation to connect. Please come with sturdy shoes and light luggage.

LatePerformance (late performance): An invitation to say goodbye to the day. An invitation to connect. Please come with sturdy shoes, sunglasses and light luggage.

Bread & Butter & Coffee: Starting at 7:15 a.m. we welcome everyone to the Playground, at Franz-Josef-Straße 2. Have breakfast together and share experiences!

Introduction to the Playground and our work: we invite you to dive into the Playground together with us.  We will share the work process and experiences with you. Feel free to explore the different possibilities and resources of the archive.

which book would you save: together we will create an archive of saved books for tomorrow on Residenzplatz, near the memorial of the book burning in Salzburg on April 30, 1938.

Bread & Butter & Drinks: From 22:00 we welcome everyone to the Playground, at Franz-Josef-Straße 2. Drink, share and end the day!

WHO YOU WILL CALL: You get one euro and call someone. Before that you can choose a question from our list. One euro is enough for about 3 minutes. Who are you going to call? Duration: about 20"/person, individual start time.

Build Boats (Build Boats): Salzburg needs a shipyard. Salzburg needs boats. Salzburg needs change. Where something doesn't fit, it makes a difference. We build boats like messages, marking the city and its possibilities. 

  • Boat building: 22.06.2023
    Duration approx. 2'.
  • Boat rental: 22 & 23.06.2023
    individual starting times and duration

Playground special: Diving into the Almkanal - Swimming in the Salzach: After Lukas Ployer and Horst Lechner wrote the book "Flussraum Salzach - Transformation zur Lebensader" (River Space Salzach - Transformation into a Lifeline) in 2017, they are now guests at Playground for Tomorrow and invite us all to experience the sensual qualities of the airspace in natura together with us. We will dive into the inlet of the Almkanal and discuss the potential of the airspace there with beer. Don't forget your swimsuit and towel.
Duration: approx. 1'.

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This project is the second cooperation between the Sommerszene and the Master's program Applied Theatre - Artistic Theatre Practice & Society of the Thomas Bernhard Institute at the Mozarteum University.

Team:
Ulrike Hatzer, Claudia Heu, Abel Kotorman and Lilija Tchourlina.

Support:
Cristina Giurgea, Judith Franke, Ariane Pellini (Technique).