Implantieren Festival 2026 - Bälleparadies // Ich hasse Tennis

"Ball Paradise // I Hate Tennis" will take place as part of the Implantieren Festival 2026. 

The installation “Ball Paradise // I Hate Tennis” is a conceptual work combining text, audio, and photography, surrounded by balls from a ball pit. The combination of playfully suspended balls alongside a personal text—which was also recorded as an audio file by the artist—is intended to create a personal, gentle atmosphere in which viewers can engage with themes such as fear, chronic illness, and pain. This interplay is intended to underscore the text’s approach and, above all, subtly emphasize the gentleness required toward one’s own body.

Okezi Iteire is a photographer and artist based in Leipzig. She often explores social and emotional gray areas, which she attempts to make more tangible in her work.

Implantieren is a biennial performance festival organized by ID_Frankfurt – Independent Dance and Performance e. V., which has been exploring the boundaries of performance art since 2013.  This year’s edition of the festival will take place from August 21 to 23, 2026, in Frankfurt am Main and Rüdesheim am Rhein. Under the title “Soft Cities – We belong here!”, the festival highlights care, solidarity, and hope, and provides a platform for marginalized perspectives and those affected by discrimination. With free admission, the program includes performances, installations, public space events, and workshops for children and adults, connecting the local performance scene with artists from all over Germany.

You can find more information and the full program here.