COLONIA ON EIS

In the organizer's words:

"A moving play about Germany's colonial heritage." (KulturKenner)

With ice skates on your feet and radio headphones on your ears, immerse yourself in a truly two-fold experience in Cologne's Lentpark: there is Sarah, who offers the ice skating taster course "Sometimes it hurts"; and Mr. Montenero - the janitor - lets you in on the secret of the smooth ice. But then a brittle voice speaks up and talks about Kilimanjaro as the peak of Kaiser Wilhelm. A bygone era comes to the surface: in 1884/85, a few years after Germany's first ice rink was opened in Frankfurt, the Berlin Africa Conference took place. Its final document, the Congo Act, was the starting signal for the race for Africa. Within three decades, the Europeans subjugated the continent almost completely to their rule, exploiting the land and the people. The transatlantic slave trade and colonialism still have an impact today - even in Cologne.
In a collaboration between Black* and white* artists, a piece has been created that shows the narratives and continuities that have led to Germany being imagined as white and Black people as the "others" for so long.
COLONIA ON EIS is an immersive evening on the ice rink for skating, listening, unlearning, relearning, howling and time travel. With beats and hits that go into the blades, with artificial snow and art haters, with professionals, amateurs and beginners.
Let's all become better skaters!

TW: Racism and colonialism

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Dates
04. + 11.10.2024, 19:30 | 05. + 12.10.2024, 14:30

Admission, skate distribution & skating in:
30 minutes before the start of the performance (7 p.m. / 2 p.m.)
Lentpark, Lentstrasse 30, 50668 Cologne
Admission 18.50 EUR / reduced 12.00 EUR

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Further information
Duration: approx. 90 minutes
Please bring your own skates / skate rental: EUR 5.50

It is also possible to take part in the event from the stands without going onto the ice yourself.
Warm clothing and gloves required!
No accessibility!
For questions TEL. +49 152 04292070 / www.intakt-koeln.de

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Idea, concept & artistic direction: Karin Frommhagen, Azizè Flittner & Lionel Somé, WA: Karin Frommhagen / Idea & dramaturgy: Philine Velhagen / Text: Marie Noëll Ntwa Ydjumbwiths, Sarah Schnier, Philine Velhagen & Ensemble / Acting: Azizè Flittner, Mirka Ritter, Tomasso Tessitori, Mekdelawit Benti, Luzolo Kiangebeni, Regina Rösing, Sunga Weineck / Set: Regina Rösing / Voices: Florence Adjidome, Marc Fischer, Anja Jazeschann, Gisela Nohl & Ensemble / Music & Sound: Ralph Lennartz / Technical Realization: Ralph Lennartz & Thomas Allan / Lighting & Effects: Andreas Winkelmann / Production management: Karin Frommhagen & Raphael Spiegel / Production assistance: Genoveva Allan / PR: neurohr & andrä / Photography: Michael Bause / Poster motif & communication design: Ute Brachwitz

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With thoughts and research by Pamela Aryeh, Uan Asmerom, Prof. Dr. Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst, Christa Fischer, Bassam Ghazi, Maga Gokiert, Roland Herres, Marie Köhler, Hanna Kunas, Nancy MacGranaky-Quaye, Behshid Najafi, Pauline Raczkowski, Anja Schwarz, Konrad Wolf