Site-specific, research-based electroacoustic installations and sound design for the production Oxford Spacebase on the history of the former Oxford Barracks in Münster / Gievenbeck
War and peace are often closely intertwined. The site of the former Oxford Barracks in Gievenbeck is a notable example of this. For decades, it was an isolated military world, separated from civil society by walls. Now, the walkable theatre installation OXFORD SPACEBASE by Ballmoos Productions invites you to step into a time capsule and look behind the bricks. Eyewitness reports cast light on moments in the history of this area, from its use as farmland, to the illegal construction of the barracks by the Nazis, to the stationing of the British Army. The former troop building plays the main role in a production that tells the untold, breaks open spaces, and faces the past with wide-open eyes. In the clock tower, an international team of artists stands up for remembrance and against forgetting. In the city of the Peace of Westphalia. The former garrison town.
Artistic Direction: Till Wyler von Ballmoos
Director, Script: Anina La Roche
Scenographic Concept: Atelier Lucie Lom | Elisa Fache, Philippe Leduc, Marc-Antoine Mathieu
Composition and Live Music: HYPER DUO | Gilles Grimaître, Julien Mégroz
Electroacoustic Installations: Cyrill Lim
Performance: Stella Maria Adorf, Thomas Douglas, Michael Taylor
Dramaturgy, Text: Lorenz Langenegger
Idea: Veit Christoph Baecker
Research: Jana Bernhardt
Assistant Director: Viktoria Mletzko
Production Management: Veronika Kalievskaya, Randi Günnemann
Technical Management: Timo von der Horst, Johannes Sundrup
A co-production of Theater im Pumpenhaus and Ballmoos Productions
Supported by Stiftung der Sparkasse Münsterland Ost, Kunststiftung NRW, Musikfonds e.V. with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Cultural Office of the City of Münster, Swiss Cultural Foundation Pro Helvetia With the kind support of Stadtarchiv Münster, Villa ten Hompel, KonvOY GmbH, Amt für Immobilienmanagement der Stadt Münster, NRW.URBAN, Kunsthalle Münster, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Canton Zug
Article from the ‘Gievenbecker’ (German)
Photos © Erich Saar, Cyrill Lim
