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Fachleute sagen: „Das Sommerblut Kulturfestival ist ein diverses, inklusives,
multipolares Kulturfestival aus Köln.“ Verdreht ihr da die Augen? Was bedeutet das denn?

Our blogger Arne writes about the project Artist in War of the Jam Factory Art Center from Lviv.

Experts say: "The Sommerblut Kulturfestival is a diverse, inclusive, multipolar cultural festival from Cologne".
Does that make your eyes roll? What does that actually mean?

The Sommerblut Cultural Festival 2022 celebrates its opening with Happy Island at Schauspiel Köln. Arne tells you why inclusive art belongs on stage and at Schauspiel Köln.

Everything is new in May. That's why we've prepared ourselves for a new season: Make it new!

Why do we write a colon and the feminine ending?
Here you can find out the why and the wherefore. All compiled by Arne for you and us.

Nico Randel is an actor and artist at Kunsthaus KAT18. 24 artists with disabilities are working there. Nico has made 100 peace doves. He presented them at the Sommerblut press conference.

Arne writes about Unseen, the exhibition of photographs by Suzie Larke, which is available to the public at the Stadtgarten in Köln from 07 to 22 May. 

In the midst of a small forest, two female singers can be heard. Are they singing about loneliness? We're getting closer. They are looking at the surroundings of a wooden ruin, picking up dead wood or leaves, singing to it as if reviving it.

The fourth floor in an office building in Ehrenfeld is the perfect place for issuing a settlement concerning the German unemployment benefit II, colloquially referred to as Hartz IV.

With video, sound art, as well as scenes running parallel to each other, “AGENDA” puts to question: What happens when humans are being turned into files?

Herbarium is an exhibition that you, as a visitor, take part of. Herbarium is what it sounds like; a collection of herbs. Our Polish colleagues within the Face to Faith-project have collected dried herbs and other scents for the exhibition. 

"A Universal Person" is a dance piece dealing with perception and truth.
It's been a long time since I attended a performance without accessibility add-ons. This way I can better perceive the sounds and energies in the audience and on stage. Otherwise, a description over headphones fills this silence: audio description.

"BIOTOPE" literally means “living space”. The lively dance piece was created by the Dutch artist collective “United Cowboys”, together with Sommerblut.

The theatre performance "Alles aber anders" (Everything but different) combined everything I expect from inclusive contemporary culture.

The dance piece is called "SKIN". It is about the skin being the boundary of the body.

I told you the other day about the exhibition "Unseen". Today I report about a guided tour through the exhibition.

"The Human measure" was the prelude to our cultural finale. 
The program text was puzzling. The spoken text was English. But the visual language was strong enough.

"VAGABUNDEN" is a play. In Simple Language, Vagabonds means: People who travel.

At last outdoors again and with an audience: the Sommerblut cultural finale at Ebertplatz! Featuring the touching theater performance "The Human Measure," the faith app "iBelieve," and much more.