Remembering is Work
Film, Texts, Artistic Comments
- Dialogue
- Film
- Music
- Performance
German /
approx. 3 h
Picture: Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Einar-Schleef-Archiv, Nr. 599_22 ©VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018
“Remembering is work. What I didn’t know when I left the GDR was how big my inner baggage was and how powerful the memories, and how great the shock from the new environment, the new life circumstances,” Einar Schleef wrote in 1992 in his five-volume diaries 1953-2001, which he had already begun writing when he was nine years old, and which he continued to write over, looking back and commenting on them until his early death. These extensive diaries, a memory “from below”, in which Schleef ruthlessly interwove everyday life with history, are the main starting point for the event “Remembering is Work”, in which films will be shown, the actors Benny Claessens and Mira Partecke will read Schleef texts, and a variety of artists – Etel Adnan, Fabian Hinrichs, Luise Meier, Masha Qrella and Tatjana Turanskyj – have been invited to comment on Schleef’s work from their viewpoint in the present.
12.01., 18:00 / HAU2
Film “Im freien Fall nach oben, Regisseur Einar Schleef und das Theater heute” (1993) by Wilma Kottusch
12.01., 19:00 / HAU2
Texts by Einar Schleef read by Benny Claessens and Mira Partecke / Artistic comments by Etel Adnan, Jan Brokof, Fabian Hinrichs, Luise Meier, Masha Qrella and Tatjana Turanskyj
12.01., 23:00 / WAU
Disco with DJ Tinko Rohst (Oye Records)
The ticket includes the admission to film and reading.
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Film: With the kind permission of WDR mediagroup dialog GmbH.
Reading: With the kind permission of Suhrkamp Verlag AG Berlin and Rowohlt Theater Verlag.
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
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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.
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