Frischtextlabor

This picture shows a sky with a sunny horizon, all covered in yellow. In front of it is a staircase with 10 steps. In the foreground of the picture, oranges, bananas and apples are flying through the air. It is all a big mess.

Information

Timespan	10.5.2022 to 15.5.2022
Price	Eintritt frei Tickets
Artists	Running Water und Writing on the Wall
Location	Wiener Platz, Wiener Platz 2a, 51065 Köln Bühne am Wiener Platz Impaired mobility Wheelchair access
Accessibility	German Sign Language (1 Date) More about accessibility

Frischtextlabor

An initiative for collective thinking, writing, and living. From Cologne and Liverpool.

What it’s about

Frischtextlabor (fresh text laboratory) is a cooperation of Sommerblut and “Writing on the Wall”, a Liverpool-based initiative for creative writing projects. What’s so refreshing about it? In February and March 2022, the playwright Lothar Kittstein attended and supervised Sunday writing workshops. People who have (or haven’t) experienced addiction in the past collected words, assembled texts, and wrote stories. We now present this beautifully wild text collection to you at the Wiener Platz in Köln-Mülheim.

Why you need to be there

Frischtextlabor is a social project with a big vision: writing can create community and inspire change. This is how the interactive Frischtext-installation of the RUNNING WATER creative collective works: it animates the texts that came to be in the workshops. Part of the installation is a customized Frischtext-market stand that is integrated into the regular market. Here you can buy a bag of fresh texts or have them printed on a T-shirt. There are also handcrafted seats with integrated speakers, which will ensure that the texts can be heard anywhere in the market square.

Danger! Frischtextlabor may cause intense sensations of community.

Credits

Creative producer	Running Water CREATIVE GROUP
Artistic direction	Lothar Kittstein
Script	Schreibwerkstätten Köln und Liverpool

Dates

Tuesday 10.5.2022