ALLLLLL THE KIDS at SURROGATE CITIES RUHR!!!

On Saturday we did something BIG - we took ALL the kids on the jury (almost 70!) to Heiner Goebbels and Mathilde Monnier's production of Surrogate Cities Ruhr. 

And... the Gladbeck kids from last year came, AHHHHH!!! Remember this guy??!!

Heavenly Voices at Figure Humaine

On Friday the jury attended a concert by ChorWerk Ruhr, Figure Humaine. First though, time to deck out the car - inside and out - with VIP magnets.

Künstlergespräch - Konzert i.d. Jahrhunderthalle

Double Jury night at Neither

We did a DOUBLE jury trip to Romeo Castellucci's Neither on Sunday night, and predictably, it was a bit CRAZZZY. 

But first, more crazy eye pics - and yes, the eye 'pics' are their own eyes!!

"The Konzert Show"

It was Saturday night, and where did the jury spend it? The Ruhrtriennale of course! It was the Konzert in der Jahrhunderthalle, with the hr-Sinfonieorchester. Here we are before doing a few loops on the roundabout... 

When Kids Ask Artists About Art

The Children's Choice Awards jury meets with artists involved in each production they see immediately after the show - often the star performers or directors themselves. This meeting provides an opportunity for the kids to ask any questions they have about what they just saw, to help inform their final evaluations of the performance.

Over and over again, I find that kids ask the artists what many adults would like to know - but are too afraid to ask. Adults are not supposed to ask "stupid" questions about art; we are expected to understand what it's about, or come to our own conclusions, even though many adult viewers of contemporary art don't have the tools to do so.

Broken Light - Das Künstlergespräch

Broken Lights on Friday Night

We were back together with our opening week jury last night, the kids who got this year's CCA going. And they were ready to be back!!! The energy was high for Broken Lights, a dance piece by Saburo Teshigawara that involves, well, a LOT of broken glass... 

But first, we got a bit crazy in the parking lot. As soon as I pulled in Lars jumped on our car - look at that good mood smile! The car was swarmed before I even got it parked...

Neither II

Neither - Fragen an Castellucci

Back to KUNSTMUSEUM

Last week we made our third and final visit to Kunstmuseum in Bochum. 

Check out the 'boys' car...

Quatuor Ébène und Éric Le Sage - Gespräch mit Raphaël Merlin

Quatuor Ebène and some air violin

We returned to the Zeche Carl in Essen the other day for a concert by French string quartet Quatuor Ébène. But first, you gotta check out Steffen's MEAN tattoo.

TROPHIES IN HERTEN

And here we are, making the final batch of trophies in HERTEN!!! It was a wild morning.

Zeit Forum Kultur - drawings drawings drawings (and some tomato throwing)

The jury headed to Zeit Forum Kultur on Sunday morning, just hours after the premiere of Neither, back in Bochum at the Jahrhunderthalle.

Check out this magnet job on the parked cars - VIP JURY FO' SHO'.

ZEIT Forum Kultur - Ein Gespräch mit Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Gernot Böhme und Mark Terkessidis

El Triunfo de la Libertad - QnA

NEITHER - a "Premiere" Party Night

On Saturday the jury attended the premiere of Neither, a production by Castellucci to the opera created by Morton Feldman and Samuel Beckett.

Damian Rebgetz, host for the upcoming CCA Awards Ceremony, joined us from Berlin! I think this photo sets the tone for the night...

EYE SEE YOU

AHHHHHHHHHHH

TROPHIES IN OSTERFELD

So you get your fix of glitter today.... here are some photos of our trophy making in Osterfeld!