Sonic Landscapes - 68 degrees north
Hans Helmstroem, a 19th-century scientist, wants to create a northern light himself in the Arctic Circle. Will he succeed?
„Hans Helmstroem is certain that his outflow apparatus is beginning to connect to the electricity in the air. The researcher firmly believes that a northern light will develop from this.“
Audio bench polar night
The audio installation deals with the magic of the northern lights and scientific attempts to explain the magical phenomena of light.
„It must be very quiet. And really strong northern lights. Then you can hear it like a kind of crackling – What should I compare that to? – like a transmission line.“
Hans Nilsen
The wild women from the Palatinate
What do Sophie La Roche, Johanna Blasius, Elisabeth Gross and Struppi Hanneford have in common? They are courageous women who defy the conventions of their time. They publish the first women’s magazine, live as a robber, set up a circus company or oppose the nazis. In the performative lecture „The wild women from the Palatinate“ the women themselves have their say. A magical phone connects them to the audience during the multimedia presentation.
Sophie la Roche
Gateway to the sun
With the withdrawal of the American armed forces from the western Palatinate, Germany, military areas in Zweibruecken corresponding to a third of the city area were vacated in one fell swoop. That’s when you get the idea in the small town: We build an international airport. Radio feature for SR2 Kulturradio
Hans-Otto Streuber
photo: USAF
Area One
„If you walked in the area, there were a few places where you could catch a glimpse of this camp. Things have been observed there.“
eyewitnesses
