doublelucky productions

YOU ARE OUT THERE

Performance

German / English / 90 min.

The Internet has long since been the place where people encounter us for the first time. We all constantly create new digital profiles and avatars, we register domains, user IDs and passwords under the most original names. Our doubles are out there – and they are active.

In the performance “YOU ARE OUT THERE”, the multimedia and digital arts ensemble surrounding Chris Kondek and Christiane Kühl confront our ubiquitous self-images with their growing exploitation by industry and organisations who make our digital doubles work for their own purposes. Birth certificates, driver’s licences, health cards, passports, visas, work permits and biometric photos: in the databases of administrative offices, our doubles live off us. Thanks to our wealth of profiles, the possibility of being identified is widespread and not guaranteed in equal measure. Our digital self-images on social media have long been colluding with those from state security systems, and are gaining more and more control over our physical existence. Our doubles are turning into doppelgängers, pursuing their own agenda.

“YOU ARE OUT THERE” depicts a world in which selfies are turned into ID cards and are sometimes more important than the people they represent. And so in the performance, the doppelgängers of the audience are turned into accomplices of a multimedia ghost story, to explore the scope for identity manipulation on both sides of the law with the help of experimental IT technology.

Cast

Concept, Text, Performance, Direction: Chris Kondek & Christiane Kühl / doublelucky productions / Concept, Text, Performance, IT: Idella Craddock / Set and Costume Design: Sonja Füsti / Composition and Music: Hannes Strobl / Video: Phillip Hohenwarter, Victor Morales, Ruth Stofer / Research and dramaturgical collaboration: Maria Rößler / IT: Felix Marthaler / Lighting and Technical management: Marc Zeuske / Productionmanagement and Assistant to the Director: Eva Lämmerzahl / Assistance Set and Costumes: Christina Amrhein, Sandra Li Maennel Saavedra / Thanks to: Priska Herger

Dates

Past

Credits

A production by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in cooperation with doublelucky productions, in co-production with Münchner Kammerspiele, Gessnerallee Zürich, Schauspiel Leipzig.

Supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses and the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Location

HAU2

Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There 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.

Latest information for arrival:

There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.

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.

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