Calendar

Period (opening hours):
performative activation: Fri. 17.10. & Fri. 24.10. 15:00-18:00, open: Wed.-Fri. 14:00-18:00, Sat. & Sun. 14:00-17:00

Venue:
HGB gallery
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de/galerie
instagram.com/hgbgallery

Partner:
A cooperation of the HGB Gallery, the Class for Performative Arts of the HGB and the 12th Festival Politics in Independent Theatre

The "Graniczanka", the border dwellers, live in front of, behind and between the politically defined borders. Their everyday lives unfold between two countries and, in the border triangle between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, even three. They know the world of currency differences, different languages and radio ranges. Although they share a common sky, they have different memories of a common history. They can choose where they buy the freshest vegetables, which dentist or manicurist they go to or how their child benefit flows faster.

The "Graniczanka" installation invites you to participate in the knowledge of the border residents. It raises questions such as: In what way does everyday practice undermine political reality? Where does the political appear in the everyday? Does the Polish West also need mobile counselling centres against right-wing extremism? What longings commute daily over bridges, through forests and past petrol stations?