16 Scenes for a Forest

By Haug / Wetzel

When "Die Judenbuche" (The Jew's Beech) by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was first published in 1842, it was in 16 parts for a journal and had the subtitle "Ein Sittengemälde aus dem gebirgichten Westfalen" (A portrait of morals from the hills of Westphalia). Today the text is a classic of world literature. In the park of Hülshoff Castle in Westphalia, this text is now the starting point for an installation: a mixture of radio play, film and contemplation of nature.

The installation is part of the two-year project "Living with the Ghosts (haunting|heritage)" by Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature (CfL). It addresses the question of how the work of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff can be re-read as a national cultural heritage in an increasingly diverse society.

With the voices of: Christoph Bornmüller, Gerd Brendel, Dagmar Cassens, Heiko Daniels, Bettina Grahs, Vassilis Koukalani, Lorenz Krieger, Jacques Malan, Mia Rainprechter, David Ristau, Hilmar Wittler, a.o.

Concept, text, sound: Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel

Video: Marc Jungreithmeier

Sound, Mixing: Frank Böhle

Technical direction: Patrick Tucholski

Assistance: Lisa Homburger

Collaboration audio editing: Steffen Tielcke
Technical equipment, forestry: Klaudiusz Schimanowski

Production management CfL: Sophie Stroux

Production management RP: Vera Nau

Oriental music: Aspa Anogiati (lyre, bendir, musical advice and arrangement), Badee Alhindi (violin, rebab, cello) Ahmad Almir (oud), Özlem Yilmaz (ney).

Using Nisiotikos Chorus (Traditional), To Minore Tis Avis (Traditional), Franz Schubert: Gute Nacht.

"Living with the Ghosts (haunting|heritage)" is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the programme "Regionales Kultur Programm NRW" (Regional Cultural Programm NRW), by the Commerzbank Foundation and the Kunststiftung NRW.

"16 Scenes for a Forest" is a co-production of Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature with Rimini Apparat and is supported by the Kunststiftung NRW, the Ministry of Culture and Science of Nordrhein-Westfalen and the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste.

Presented by Kultur.West and taz. die Tageszeitung.

Thanks to Kunsthalle Mannheim, Pia Goebel, Anja Heizer, das Nationaltheater Mannheim, Dominika Siroka.

Dates

Münster / Havixbeck, Burg Hülshoff / Center for Literature

02.09. – 09.10.2022

16.06. – 13.08.2023

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