A dispute between the forces that move human existence: Beauty (Bellezza) swears eternal fidelity to Pleasure (Piacere) and is consequently rebuked by Time (Tempo) and Disillusion (Disinganno). What is human existence all about? How, and to what end, is it desirable and possible for a person to develop? And isn’t a bit of beauty wonderful?

Seven female performers take the audience on a pulsating rave. Immerse yourself in a fiery, poetic and powerful journey in which we shake up our society, scrutinise it and dream of the future.

"Von der Hand in den Mund (Hand to Mouth)" is a performative dinner, an edible installation, a sensuous discourse about taste and class. In a set-up inspired by the food and catering industries’ cosmos of commodities, Julischka Stengele creates a space of activity staging various dishes, the sampling of them, and a reflection on our sense of taste. Materialities, smells, aromas, colours and shapes combine with performative elements to create an aesthetic experience that involves all the senses.

Laura Amann, curator of the exhibition, will guide you through Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat.

It is getting colder and colder. It has become quiet in the forest. Winter is just around the corner. All the forest animals have already retreated. But what are the yawning bear, the scampering hedgehog and the eager squirrel doing in the middle of the theater?

"Pleasure Writing Workshop" with Helen Palmer in context of the exhibition Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat.