Frei_Spiel X – Das große Ganze

For this collaborative project, She She Pop cast a fascinated view upon the orchestra of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. They discover a monstrous collective body – a multi-limbed, expressive being breathing with numerous lungs – and, at the same time, a polyphonic, creative community much like She She Pop themselves. Unlike the artists of the performance collective, however, the orchestra musicians are highly specialised and commit themselves to the common cause through a strict division of labour, their attention shifting between the person at the conductor’s podium and the musical score, whose notes – written by an untouchable genius – must be executed precisely and in the correct order. 
Where does the euphoria that this collective practice apparently unleashes in those involved and everyone present come from? At what price does this come?? What about the inner contradictions, idiosyncrasies and special abilities of the individual players – not to mention the inhibitions, shortcomings, personal worries and doubts? How and where do these come to the fore?

For Frei_Spiel X: Das Große Ganze, She She Pop are developing performative scores in which the collective body of the orchestra and the individual perspectives of the participating musicians enter into a dialogue. A collective experiment exploring the tension between duty and self-expression, between individual responsibility and shared freedom.

Featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Darius Milhaud and Diana Syrse.

Credits

By and with: Junge Deutsch Philharmonie, Vocals: Diana Syrse, Musical Director: Friederike Scheunchen, Concept and Artistic Direction: She She Pop, Set Design: Philine Rinnert, Video Art: Benjamin Krieg, Technical Direction: Sebastian Schackert, Lighting Design: Matthias Rieker, Sound: Felix Bastian Dreher, Artistic Collaboration: Elisa Künast, Lidiia Golovanova, Audio Description: Pingpong Translation & Subtitling,  PR & Communication She She Pop: ehrliche arbeit – freelance office for culture, Freelance Communication Support She She Pop: Tina Ebert, Communication Junge Deutsche Philharmonie: Johanna Kehl, Production Junge Deutsche Philharmonie: Fritz Heil, Production and Company Management She She Pop: Aminata Oelßner, Elke Weber.

A production by Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie and She She Pop in co-production with Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main and Kunstfest Weimar.
Funded by Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), Stadt Frankfurt a.M., Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten, Dr. Marschner Stiftung, Dr. Hans Feith and Dr. Elisabeth Feith-Stiftung, Crespo Foundation, Freunde der Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie, Christa Bülow Stiftung, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen and by the City of Berlin – Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin.

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