Sonderführung Deutzer Zentralwerk der Schönen Künste

In the organizer's words:

We cordially invite you on a journey through space and time at the Deutz Central Plant of Fine Arts, where history and stories, memories and visions of the future will be explored. With views of the building and the headquarters of the world's first gas engine factory, some of which are 150 years old and thus important witnesses to the industrial heritage of the city of Cologne, the process of development is presented from an artistic perspective of the last 14 years. The thoughts on the future design of the area as the Otto & Lange Quarter are constant companions. The guided tour of the Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) site in the south of Cologne's Mülheim district takes place in three essential dimensions: the spatial, the temporal and the thematic inspection of the industrial monument.

Space. The spaces, rooms and halls of the site - from the conference room on the executive floor to the old forge - contain personal memories and fragments of great history, they recall individual lives and great upheavals. Rooms are not just demarcated containers, they are defined by the people and the encounters within them. Through artistic exploration, the voices of the people who shaped and continue to shape these spaces are made audible again. Encounters with contemporary witnesses and historians, with visitors and artists thus form the starting point of the tour.

Time. The staging and artistic restoration and design of the site and the individual rooms and parts of the building are derived from the examination of the 150-year history of this place. The transformation of the industrial site into a place of play and testing marks the beginning of the link between the past and the present, through which old traces are uncovered that are also visible today and lead into the future. Sketches and excerpts from productions and stagings at the Deutz Zentralwerk der Schönen Künste since 2011 document the fusion of the site with the various stages of time. Thus the location is not only a backdrop and inspiration, but itself appears as a witness to change and protagonist. Over the course of time, the engagement with the performance venue changes - the theater becomes a participatory laboratory for visitors.

Price information:

Fee: €16 / €8 reduced Limited number of participants, pre-registration recommended: info@raum13.com