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Upcoming performances
gastkollektiv presents
Whispers

11/05, 12/05 start at 19:00 pm

 Bergama Theatre Festival
Asklepion

Tickets / free

Reservation: gastkollektiv@gmail.com
Upcoming performances
gastkollektiv presents
Whispers

11/05, 12/05start at 19:00 pm

Bergama Theatre Festival
Asklepion

Tickets/ free

Reservation: gastkollektiv@gmail.com
"Whispers"
How does Bergama appear from Berlin and Berlin from Bergama? Can a cure to today's massive diseases be found in the tunnels and roads of the first psychotherapy centre in the history of mankind? What can the sound of water whisper from the depths?

Departing from the interconnected stories of two cities and the remainings of Asklepion, gastkollektiv creates performative responses to these questions.
"Whispers"
How does Bergama appear from Berlin and Berlin from Bergama? Can a cure to today's massive diseases be found in the tunnels and roads of the first psychotherapy centre in the history of mankind? What can the sound of water whisper from the depths?

Departing from the interconnected stories of two cities and the remainings of Asklepion, gastkollektiv creates performative responses to these questions.
"Geflüster"
Wie wird Bergama von Berlin aus wahrgenommen, und wie sieht Berlin von Bergama gesehen aus? Lässt sich in den unterirdischen Gängen und entlang der überirdischen Wege einer der ersten Zentren für Psychotherapie, dem antiken Asklepion, Heilung von den Gebrechen unserer Tage finden? Was kann uns der Klang des Wassers aus der Tiefe flüstern?

Ausgehend von den miteinander verbundenen Geschichten zweier Städte und den Ruinen von Asklepion, wird gastkollektiv sich performativ mit diesen Fragen auseinandersetzen.
"Geflüster"
Wie wird Bergama von Berlin aus wahrgenommen, und wie sieht Berlin von Bergama gesehen aus? Lässt sich in den unterirdischen Gängen und entlang der überirdischen Wege einer der ersten Zentren für Psychotherapie, dem antiken Asklepion, Heilung von den Gebrechen unserer Tage finden? Was kann uns der Klang des Wassers aus der Tiefe flüstern?

Ausgehend von den miteinander verbundenen Geschichten zweier Städte und den Ruinen von Asklepion, wird gastkollektiv sich performativ mit diesen Fragen auseinandersetzen.
"Fısıltılar"
Bergama Berlin'den, Berlin Bergama'dan nasıl görünüyor? Tarihin ilk psikoterapi merkezlerinden Asklepion'un tünelleri ve yollarında, günümüz toplu illetlerine derman bulunabilir mi? Dipten ve derinden gelen bir su sesi neler fısıldayabilir?

gastkollektiv, iki şehrin birbirine geçmiş hikayelerinden ve Asklepion'un kalıntılarından yola çıkarak bu sorulara performatif cevaplar veriyor.
"Fısıltılar"
Bergama Berlin'den, Berlin Bergama'dan nasıl görünüyor? Tarihin ilk psikoterapi merkezlerinden Asklepion'un tünelleri ve yollarında, günümüz toplu illetlerine derman bulunabilir mi? Dipten ve derinden gelen bir su sesi neler fısıldayabilir?

gastkollektiv, iki şehrin birbirine geçmiş hikayelerinden ve Asklepion'un kalıntılarından yola çıkarak bu sorulara performatif cevaplar veriyor.
"Unser täglich Halwa"
is a performative product of gastkollektiv, and gastkollektiv took shape during cooking the "Halwa". Artists, activists and researchers from Iran, Turkey and Germany (amongst others) met in Berlin in 2015 with the idea of a collective playwriting project.

During the process some left, some others joined, and the time being together constituted the collective, as it gave shape to our friendships. The current result of this whole process finds an expression in our new name, gastkollektiv: an attempt to highlight the continuities in migration, vagrant artistic production conditions and an invitation to be our guests.
"Unser täglich Halwa"
is a performative product of gastkollektiv, and gastkollektiv took shape during cooking the "Halwa". Artists, activists and researchers from Iran, Turkey and Germany (amongst others) met in Berlin in 2015 with the idea of a collective playwriting project.

During the process some left, some others joined, and the time being together constituted the collective, as it gave shape to our friendships. The current result of this whole process finds an expression in our new name, gastkollektiv: an attempt to highlight the continuities in migration, vagrant artistic production conditions and an invitation to be our guests.

"It is an art to be dressed according to the weather."

- Nina performed by Gogoleva Olga


"It is an art to be dressed according to the weather."

- Nina performed by Olga Gogoleva

"Ich heiße Seçil. Seçil. Se-çil. Seee-çil. Ich würde gerne Sibylle sagen, aber das mache ich nicht mehr."

— Seçil performed by Neslihan Arol

"Ich heiße Seçil. Seçil. Se-çil. Seee-çil. Ich würde gerne Sibylle sagen, aber das mache ich nicht mehr."

— Seçil performed by Neslihan Arol

"Bird, computer, branch, cigarette, half empty bottles, surface, ray, ray,"

— Zoha performed by Mohadeseh Zare

"Bird, computer, branch, cigarette, half empty bottles, surface, ray, ray,"

— Zoha performed by Mohadeseh Zare

"Deal, don't ever teach a word of German, don't give your bike. I want neither your home, nor your advice. I don`t need anyone."

— Savaş performed by Eren Arikan

"Deal, don't ever teach a word of German, don't give your bike. I want neither your home, nor your advice. I don`t need anyone."

— Savaş performed by Eren Arikan

"The deal is I don`t make trouble. I put money in the flower pot when I remember and he eats my soup."

— Millie performed by Nora Fuchs

"The deal is I don`t make trouble. I put money in the flower pot when I remember and he eats my soup."

— Millie performed by Nora Fuchs

"Hasan was here."

— Hasan performed by Mustafa Çiçek

"Hasan was here."

— Hasan performed by Mustafa Çiçek


"Unser Täglich Halwa" is the result of a collective playwriting, dramaturgy and directing process which was the founding project of gastkollektiv. The play aims to develop a taste of everyday lives, which are affected by migration and loneliness, a precarious existence and the ills of individualism, adding something sweet to that mixture.

Ingredients include: a group of artists and researchers, eight "Berliner" on stage - some living next to us, some at a distance from us and others in our imagination only - like the mad cat-woman, the "Späti" guy or the Istanbuler. They will be flirting in a bus, experimenting with valerian, meeting each other in a shop or rehearsing for the German citizenship test. The loose texture of their encounters consists of halay dance, clowning, rhythmics of working time, or national flags waving over them.


"Unser Täglich Halwa" is the result of a collective playwriting, dramaturgy and directing process which was the founding project of gastkollektiv. The play aims to develop a taste of everyday lives, which are affected by migration and loneliness, a precarious existence and the ills of individualism, adding something sweet to that mixture.

Ingredients include: a group of artists and researchers, eight "Berliner" on stage - some living next to us, some at a distance from us and others in our imagination only - like the mad cat-woman, the "Späti" guy or the Istanbuler. They will be flirting in a bus, experimenting with valerian, meeting each other in a shop or rehearsing for the German citizenship test. The loose texture of their encounters consists of halay dance, clowning, rhythmics of working time, or national flags waving over them.
Our own situation as artists, activists and researchers from Turkey, Iran, Germany, Russia and Sweden (amongst others) is closely related to this performance project. Some years ago in a café at Taksim square in Istanbul, some of us decided to move to Berlin and to start a theatre collective. Some of the companions who joined us in Berlin lingered at the doorstep, watching for a while and disappearing thereafter. Others stayed and we became friends.

All of them, be it by their different legal status, their way of dealing with solitude or their secrets and obsessions, have contributed to the performance "Unser täglich Halwa", which is the first time for gastkollektiv to present the outcome of the project on stage.
Our own situation as artists, activists and researchers from Turkey, Iran, Germany, Russia and Sweden (amongst others) is closely related to this performance project. Some years ago in a café at Taksim square in Istanbul, some of us decided to move to Berlin and to start a theatre collective. Some of the companions who joined us in Berlin lingered at the doorstep, watching for a while and disappearing thereafter. Others stayed and we became friends.

All of them, be it by their different legal status, their way of dealing with solitude or their secrets and obsessions, have contributed to the performance "Unser täglich Halwa", which is the first time for gastkollektiv to present the outcome of the project on stage.
By and with
Eren Arıkan
as Savaş
Iman Ganji
Kaveh Ghaemi
as K.
Mehmet Özgür Bahçeci
Mohadeseh Zare
as Zoha
Mustafa Çiçek
as Hasan
Nora Fuchs
as Millie
Olya Gogoleva
as Nina
Yasmine Salimi
as Orchidée
Zeynep Neslihan Arol
as Seçil
Music By
Leo Kreuzer
Andreas Rehan
Pouria Solhjou
Subtitles
Vedat Dayan
Costume
Merve Cansız
Photos & Poster
Sedef Tunç
Music By
Leo Kreuzer
Andreas Rehan
Pouria Solhjou
Subtitles
Vedat Dayan
Costume
Merve Cansız
Photos & Poster
Sedef Tunç
Translations
Üner Altay
Anja Faltin
Eren Paydaş
Burcu Yasemin Şeyben
Vedat Dayan
Editing
Aytaç Köktürk
Filming
Merve Cansız
Sarah İbrahim
Aytaç Köktürk
Very Special Thanks to

Brotfabrik
Excereta Film Group
New Yorck im Bethanien
Theaterhaus Mitte
UdK
Very Special Thanks to
Brotfabrik
Excereta Film Group
New Yorck im Bethanien
Theaterhaus Mitte
UdK
In a collective writing and directing process, personas have emerged out of autobiographical elements and researches, embodying individual characters with specific features, but also representing a stereotype, a superordinate category, which the individual can – actually or apparently – be assigned to.

Within this process of identification, our interest is focused on social positionings and the deviations from this norm. As different as the personas developed from that might be, they have something in common: their lives are marked by migration and singleness, a precarious existence and the ills of individualism. Can a collective act provide the bitter ingredients of that daily life with the taste of something sweet?
Contacts
FB Messenger: @gastkollektiv
Email: gastkollektiv@gmail.com
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