A Shadow Play by Lena Appel

27., 29., 30.6.24 
@parfumerie
Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 2
60329 Ffm 
10 pm

“Sex is not an action but a mood, a filter over the landscape. Sex is a trap, a labyrinth, a matrix that engulfs you. An intense focus and then sensual amnesia.” 

Don Quixote: Aisling Hayes and Lena Appel recite text and sing. anu koetter and Joana Ferraz demonstrate a transformation. Carla Loose masks its bodies. Maria Moritz paints an utopia. Nikki Buzzi play psychoacoustic phenomena. Leonie Emeka curates. The Don Quixotes taken up in GIANTS by the authors Miguel de Cervantes, Kathy Acker and Monique Wittig, fight against windmills: Imperialism, patriarchy or a mad reality. Simultaneously, they are subject to the lunacy of social norms, the impenetrability of fantasy, fiction and fact. In this iteration, Don Quixote and Panza are romantically involved, though their journey demands leaving much behind. GIANTS unfolds as a shadow play, exploring the interplay of inner and outer realms, symbolisms, the human psyche, and ephemerality. Ultimately, Panza may be just a figment of imagination, but one that enables Don Quixote to carry a fragment of fantasy into the realm of reality.

Performance: Aisling Hayes, anu koetter, Joana Ferraz , Lena Appel 
Window Painting: Maria Moritz 
Space and Objects: Carla Renée Loose , Lena Appel
Costume: Carla Renée Loose
Sound: Nikki Buzzi 
Text: Lena Appel, Louisa Behr  
Curation: Leonie Chima Emeka 
Documentation: John Hussain Flindt

With text fragments by: Dodie Bellamy, Kathy Acker, Lynne Tillman, Miguel de Cervantes, Monique Wittig, Olivia Laing, Pat Califia, Paul B. Preciado

Special Thanks to: Anneliese Ostertag, Jonas Appel & Studio Illegale, Joseph Varschen, Lorenzo Dolce, Raha Dehghani, Robin Stretz, Robin Mohr, Xdzunúm Danae Trejo-Boles, Portikus, basis Frankfurt e.V., costume department of the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt am Main, Institute for Applied Theatre Studies Gießen.

GIANTS was realized through the generous support of the city Frankfurt am Main and the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts.