The invention of the elevator / with Lotte Lindner&Till Steinbrenner

2011

An excursion into the future of yesterday
Like a watchtower on a field of past dreams, the Dutch Pavilion stands at the border between the city of Hannover and the plain of Lower Saxony. Ten years ago it was hailed as a symbiosis of nature and technology, and then abandoned to its own devices. But this utopia is not easily obliterated. While the surrounding buildings have been demolished or put to new uses, the Dutch Pavilion has defied the weather, time and indeed oblivion. It is not dead, it is asleep. The artists scrutinize « past utopias of our present, while, at the same, keeping a keen eye on the future. Specially created for Theaterformen, this dramatic intervention collects voices from the city, explores contemporary concepts for the use of the former Expo sites and takes the viewer on a meditative walk through the ages. »

CREDITS

Concept Anna Rispoli Artistic realisation Anna Rispoli, Lotte Lindner & Till Steinbrenner Collaboration Text Ivan Carozzi Sound Composition Els Viaene With the participation of citizens from Hanover Consultation Nicolas Galeazzi, Christophe Meierhans in collaboration with the Department of Scenography of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover Production Festival Theaterformen

Thanks to Olaf Körper – Magic Tower GmbH, Robert Krämer, voluntary fire brigade Kirchrode and ZimmerFrei
Supported by the foundation Kulturregion Hannover 

VIDEO

Video: Philippe Chatelain