{"id":165,"date":"2005-08-10T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2005-08-10T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heikealbrecht.net\/ha\/?p=165"},"modified":"2021-12-15T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T22:36:00","slug":"westend-05-know-your-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heikealbrecht.net\/ha\/2005\/08\/10\/westend-05-know-your-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTEND 05 know your rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

10.\u201319.06.2005<\/strong>
\n Leipzig \u2013 Plagwitz and\u00a0Schaub\u00fchne Lindenfels<\/strong><\/p>\n

WESTEND 05 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS was a ten-day festival in the former industrial and working-class district of Plagwitz on the western periphery of Leipzig.<\/p>\n

WESTEND 05 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS claimed: Democracy is endangered by capitalism. And asked the following questions: Is a democratic social system based on participation, justice and freedom compatible with a society shaped by capitalist structures? Is democracy only generated by the unrestricted freedom of the market? Or does the question arise differently? Does not the will for more democracy cause the end of capitalism?<\/p>\n

In a historical perspective, capitalism is seen as a precondition for the development of democracy. On the other hand, democracy as a regulating authority prevents the free development of capitalism. Both models are in a mutually determining relationship. This balance of power becomes unstable when capital influences democratic decisions and determines politics, as can be observed globally at present. Through the globalisation of financial flows, the change of our value system becomes transparent under primarily economic aspects. In the process, a noticeable powerlessness of the state arises before the far-reaching decision-making power of multinational corporations that are no longer territorially bound.<\/p>\n

WESTEND 05 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS had invited international and local artists, theorists and artists who negotiated with their works the relationship between subject and society in a situation of upheaval marked by the term globalisation. The artistic works criticised a defined social consensus that is defined by rules, language regulations and the reinterpretation of values shaped by economic interests. Dance, theatre and performance companies were invited, who, due to their working methods and the conflicts they negotiated, thematised essential positions of this confrontation. The works for the public space were created in concrete reference to the location of the festival, the post-industrial Plagwitz. The artists intervened with their projects in the urban space and everyday life of the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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WESTEND 05 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Space is the result of social construction. It is not given and unchangeable, but is created by social, economic and political conditions and is given a changeable allocation of meaning. At the same time, however, the social, economic and political is also spatial, i.e. the way society functions is spatially structured. The category of spatialisation is therefore inherent in both democracy and capitalism.<\/p>\n

WESTEND 05 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS referred to a concrete geographical space – Plagwitz, a district in the west of Leipzig. Plagwitz has been shaped by industry and business like no other space in Leipzig. While Plagwitz had developed into one of Germany’s most important export locations in the course of industrialisation in the 19th century, since 1989 it has been considered a problem area struggling with the consequences of job losses and technological developments. The changes in Plagwitz showed that urban space is not a space of consensus, but is shaped by conflicts. In the manageable environment of a city district, art can at first temporarily question traditional views and patterns of action. The aim of the festival was to link and bundle places and actions with new interpretations and to initiate new activities.<\/p>\n

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS<\/em>
\nTHIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH GUITAR <\/em>
\nKNOW YOUR RIGHTS ALL THREE OF THEM <\/em>
\nNUMBER ONE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO BE KILLED <\/em>
\nNUMBER TWO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FOOD MONEY <\/em>
\nNUMBER THREE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH<\/em>
\nLISTEN TO THIS <\/em>
\nRUN *<\/em><\/p>\n

* Know your rights \/ The Clash \/ Combat Rock \/ 1982<\/p>\n

“The method of democracy is to bring conflicts into the public.” <\/em>John Dewey<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beteiligte K\u00fcnstler_innen und Theoretiker_innen:<\/em>
\nAntony and the Johnsons<\/a> (New York)
\nMarius Babias (Berlin) Kunst und \u00d6ffentlichkeit<\/em>
\nSezgin Boynik (Prizren)
\nJan Br\u00fcggemeier (Weimar)
\nBarbara B\u00fcscher (Leipzig)
\nFranz Anton Cramer (Berlin\/Leipzig)
\nDieter Daniels (Leipzig)
\nDJ cfm (repertoire \/ propellas) (Leipzig)
\nTill Exit<\/a> (Leipzig)
\nForced Entertainment<\/a> (Sheffield) QUIZOOLA!<\/em>
\nfrankfurter k\u00fcche<\/a> (Leipzig) directory 2: the eporue diary<\/em>
\nGerhard Friedl (Berlin)
\nMarina Grzinic (Ljubljana)
\nMyriam Gourfink<\/a> (Paris) RARE<\/em>
\nThomas Groetz (Berlin) Punk auf der B\u00fchne<\/em>
\nDaniel Guischard (Weimar)
\nBertram Haude<\/a> (Leipzig) revolution,-
\n<\/em>Joachim Hirsch (Frankfurt\/Main) Das Ende der liberalen Demokratie<\/em>
\nAlfredo Jaar<\/a> (New York) Requiem for Leipzig<\/em>
\nWolfgang Kil (Berlin) Mapping Histories: Plagwitz 2<\/em>
\nStephan Kurr (Berlin)
\nBarbara Kraus<\/a>\/ Zahra Mani \/ Mia Zabelka (Wien) Microsonic blow up<\/em>
\nJoachim Krausse (Dessau\/ Berlin)
\nXavier Le Roy<\/a> (Berlin) Project<\/em>
\nLIGNA<\/a> – Ole Frahm \/ Torsten Michaelsen (Hamburg)
\nRoberto Ohrt (Hamburg)
\nMartine Pisani<\/a> (Paris) slow down<\/em>
\nReinigungsgesellschaft (RG)<\/a> (Dresden) The City of Cool<\/em>
\nBritt Schlehahn (Leipzig) Mapping Histories: Plagwitz 1<\/em>
\nUlrich J. Schneider (Wolfenb\u00fcttel\/ Leipzig)
\nBernard Sissan (Frankfurt\/M.)
\nHito Steyerl (Berlin, London)
\nMilica Tomic<\/a> (Belgrad)
\nMyriam Van Imschoot<\/a> (Br\u00fcssel) invites: Dieter Lesage (Br\u00fcssel), Dimitry Masyn (Alicante) MAJORITY<\/em>
\nVideogruppe (Leipzig)
\nJo\u00eblle Zask (Marseille)<\/h5>\n
Team:<\/em>
\nartistic direction and management: Heike Albrecht<\/em>
\ncurator performance, music, forum, framework program: Heike Albrecht<\/em>
\ncuratorin public space: Lilian Engelmann<\/em>
\nConcept salon: Heike Albrecht, Lilian Engelmann, Ren\u00e9 Reinhard<\/em>
\nconcept UMLEITUNG (d\u00e9tournement) \u2013 aktuelle Entwendung situationistischer Praktiken. Gespr\u00e4che \u00fcber Differenzen: Barbara B\u00fcscher<\/em>
\nconcept film: Carolin Luc Ziemann<\/em>
\norganised by action:variation (a:v)
\ncoproduced by Schaub\u00fchne Lindenfels
\nproduction management: Barbara Greiner
\ntechnical direction: Jens Sergel
\npublic relation: Bettina Baltschev
\ngrafic: Katja Fliedner<\/a><\/h5>\n
founded by:<\/em>
\nKulturstiftung des Bundes
\nKulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
\nNPN Nationales Performance Netz
\nURBAN Gemeinschaftsinitiative Leipziger Westen
\nGoethe Institut, M\u00fcnchen
\nAFAA \/ Bureau de Th\u00e9\u00e2tre et de la Danse
\nSparkasse Leipzig
\nGeneralkonsulat der USA, Leipzig
\nInstitut Fran\u00e7ais de Leipzig
\n\u00d6sterreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin
\nBildungswerk weiterdenken in der Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung e.V.
\nThank you for your support:<\/em> Hotel Ratskeller Plagwitz<\/h5>\n

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