Julian Warner: Der Soldat. Ein Übergangsritual

A Black artist realizes that he has become a soldier. As an artist, he fights on stage for representation and resources—and learns that even in art, the liberation of the occupied is at the same time the terror of the occupiers. But is the culture war really a war? In his solo performance, Julian Warner explores the work of psychiatrist, Marxist, and anti-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), whose analyses of violence and dehumanization remain the subject of heated debate to this day.

The Soldierconnects Fanon’s ideas with the world of theater: using language, accordion music, and driven by Markus Acher’s drum rhythms, Warner dissects contemporary racism—a harrowing, highly topical evening about violence and resistance.