Det Åbne Hjerte (2019)

SIGNA and Århus Festuge are proud to present Det Åbne Hjerte (The Open Heart), an original durational performance installation in the former county hospital in Århus, Denmark, the city of Signa Köstler's birth.

Det Åbne Hjerte is the sequel to SIGNA's latest work, Das Halbe Leid (Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg 2017/2018)

The 12-hour performance (running time is 19:00 to 07:00) features a cast of more then 50 Danish and international performers, and explores the pendulum swings of power in the borderland between compassion and complacency.

60 people per evening will be invited for a "seminar in empathy" run by the fictional association The Open Heart, founded by "The Compassionates" - these are individuals who accommodate and study human beings surviving on the fringes of society, known as "The Sufferers".

As a seminar participant, each audience member is assigned a bed, a locker, and a personal mentor from the ranks of "The Sufferers", respectively. During the performance, the audience will adopt their mentor's name and clothes and will experience their world from inside their embodied experience.

Booking arrangements:

Each participant will be assigned a bed for 12 hours. On site they will be given clothes to wear and their personal belongings will be stored in a locker. Access to the locker is possible at all times. Simple substantial meals are provided. Additional food and drink can be purchased during the course (CASH ONLY). It is not allowed to bring alcohol. Participation from age 16.

Language: Danish, English, German and more

Tickets: Århus Festuge

Dates & Times:
30. Aug - 01. Sep. 2019
04. - 08. Sep. 2019
12. - 15. Sep. 2019
19. - 22. Sep. 2019
26. - 29. Sep. 2019

Always from 19:00 - 07:00

Duration: 12 hours

Place: Amtssygehuset, Tage Hansens Gade 2, Århus, Denmark

Public Capacity: 60

Concept & Book: Signa Köstler

Direction: Signa Köstler with Arthur Köstler

Set Design: Signa Köstler with Lorenz Vetter

Sound, Media and Technical Design: Arthur Köstler with Simon Salem Müller

Costume Design: Tristan Kold with Signa Köstler

Production: SIGNA and Århus Festuge

Devising Ensemble: (in alphabetical order)
Agnes Jung Lassen as Celine
Alexandra Zoe as Irini
Anaïs Manon Mazic as Angy
Andreas Schneiders as Sheriff
Annabel Grosse as Nastia
Anne Sofie Skovlund Nielsen as Heidi
Annika Rohde as Jana
Anton Cornelius Thorsø Schulze as Niklas
Arthur Köstler as Keller-Reini
Diana Tørsløv Møller as Isabella
Dominik Klingberg as Surveillance-Patrick
Ea Melissa Herbst Gjedde Christiansen as Melani
Erich Goldmann as Moses Tesar
Erik Ebert as Jimmy
Eva Vium as Michella
Helle Kirstine Egsgaard as Berit
Imke Grabe as Gretchen
Johanna Schmidt as Ute
Julian Sark as Peter Freund
Karoline Amalie Severinsen as Nadia
Kristian Pallesen as Tonny
Larysa Venediktova as Yana
Lena Bruun Bondeson as Stefani
Liv Cappi Grunnet as Nivi
Lorenz Vetter as Wolfgang
Louisa Aisin as Blessing
Poul Magne Skov as William
Mara Nitz as Helena
Maria Cecilie Vejlgaard as Charlotte
Marie Kim Skovgaard Larsen as Natasja
Markus Schmon as Computer-Patrick
Mikkel Lystbæk as Tim
Nana Lohmann as Ivalu
Nana Senderovitz as Dora
Nathalia Fleron as Kimmie
Nora Scherer as Sharonna
Oleksandr Lebediev as Kolya
Simon Salem Müller as Schippe
Samuel Otte as Jack
Signa Köstler as Lonnie
Sofie Ruffing as Lore
Sonja Salkowitsch as Randi
Stine Korsgaard as Annie
Tessa Hoder as Daniella
Therese Mastek as Carina
Thomas Diepeveen as Florin
Thor Albin Kjær as Daniel
Tilman Gunz as Jonathan
Tom Korn as John Koch
Tristan Kold as Minu

Guest Stars:
Alexander Stæger as Oliver
Amanda Babaei Vieira as Alina
Fabian Raith as Rolf
Georg Bütow as Cliff
Hannah Grady as Joyce
Luisa Taraz as Anette
Madeleine Kate McGowan as Nelly
Mareike Wenzel as Bauchstech-Anna
Merethe Bahn Trolle as Monica
Nana-Francisca Schottländer as Laila
René Marvin Kuhnke as Gaze
Simon Steinhorst as Blondie
Sonia Pikart as Pamela
Victor Malmberg Vejle as Jason
Zille Gellert as Sandy

Guest Assistants:
Annabel Grosse
Annika Rohde
Anton Cornelius Thorsø Schulze
Helle Kirstine Egsgaard
Karoline Amalie Severinsen
Mara Nitz
Mikkel Lystbæk
Stine Korsgaard

Production Leader:
Arthur Köstler

Technicians:
Pappagallo

Administration:
Scene42 S/I v. Christine Bibaud og Erling Larsen

Photography:
Erich Goldmann

Special Thanks:

Dorthe Arendt Elkjær
Peter Köstler

Supported by:

Vilhelm Kiers Fond

		About Projects Media Credits
	Playthings 2019 Det Åbne Hjerte 2019 Das halbe Leid 2017 Das Heuvolk 2017 Wir Hunde / Us Dogs 2016 Söhne & Söhne 2015 Feberhavnen 2015 Ventestedet 2014 Schwarze Augen, Maria 2013 Club Inferno 2013 Bleier Research, Inc. 2011 Das ehemalige Haus 2011 Die Hundsprozesse 2011 Salò 2010 Germania Song 2009 Die Hades Fraktur 2009 The Dorine Chaikin Trilogy 2007-2008 The Games 2003-2008 Die Erscheinungen der Martha Rubin 2007-2008 Seven Tales of Misery 2006 The Silvana Experiments 2006 The Black Rose Trick 2005 Secret Girl 2004 57 Beds 2004 Night Finder 2003 Twinlife Project 2001-2002	Mikkel Lystbæk, Ea Melissa Herbst Gjedde Christiansen Photo: Arthur Köstler Det Åbne Hjerte (2019) SIGNA and Århus Festuge are proud to present Det Åbne Hjerte (The Open Heart), an original durational performance installation in the former county hospital in Århus, Denmark, the city of Signa Köstler's birth. Det Åbne Hjerte is the sequel to SIGNA's latest work, Das Halbe Leid (Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg 2017/2018) The 12-hour performance (running time is 19:00 to 07:00) features a cast of more then 50 Danish and international performers, and explores the pendulum swings of power in the borderland between compassion and complacency. 60 people per evening will be invited for a "seminar in empathy" run by the fictional association The Open Heart, founded by "The Compassionates" - these are individuals who accommodate and study human beings surviving on the fringes of society, known as "The Sufferers". As a seminar participant, each audience member is assigned a bed, a locker, and a personal mentor from the ranks of "The Sufferers", respectively. During the performance, the audience will adopt their mentor's name and clothes and will experience their world from inside their embodied experience. Booking arrangements: Each participant will be assigned a bed for 12 hours. On site they will be given clothes to wear and their personal belongings will be stored in a locker. Access to the locker is possible at all times. Simple substantial meals are provided. Additional food and drink can be purchased during the course (CASH ONLY). It is not allowed to bring alcohol. Participation from age 16. Language: Danish, English, German and more Tickets: Århus Festuge Dates & Times: 30. Aug - 01. Sep. 2019 04. - 08. Sep. 2019 12. - 15. Sep. 2019 19. - 22. Sep. 2019 26. - 29. Sep. 2019 Always from 19:00 - 07:00 Duration: 12 hours Place: Amtssygehuset, Tage Hansens Gade 2, Århus, Denmark Public Capacity: 60 Concept & Book: Signa Köstler Direction: Signa Köstler with Arthur Köstler Set Design: Signa Köstler with Lorenz Vetter Sound, Media and Technical Design: Arthur Köstler with Simon Salem Müller Costume Design: Tristan Kold with Signa Köstler Production: SIGNA and Århus Festuge Devising Ensemble: (in alphabetical order) Agnes Jung Lassen as Celine Alexandra Zoe as Irini Anaïs Manon Mazic as Angy Andreas Schneiders as Sheriff Annabel Grosse as Nastia Anne Sofie Skovlund Nielsen as Heidi Annika Rohde as Jana Anton Cornelius Thorsø Schulze as Niklas Arthur Köstler as Keller-Reini Diana Tørsløv Møller as Isabella Dominik Klingberg as Surveillance-Patrick Ea Melissa Herbst Gjedde Christiansen as Melani Erich Goldmann as Moses Tesar Erik Ebert as Jimmy Eva Vium as Michella Helle Kirstine Egsgaard as Berit Imke Grabe as Gretchen Johanna Schmidt as Ute Julian Sark as Peter Freund Karoline Amalie Severinsen as Nadia Kristian Pallesen as Tonny Larysa Venediktova as Yana Lena Bruun Bondeson as Stefani Liv Cappi Grunnet as Nivi Lorenz Vetter as Wolfgang Louisa Aisin as Blessing Poul Magne Skov as William Mara Nitz as Helena Maria Cecilie Vejlgaard as Charlotte Marie Kim Skovgaard Larsen as Natasja Markus Schmon as Computer-Patrick Mikkel Lystbæk as Tim Nana Lohmann as Ivalu Nana Senderovitz as Dora Nathalia Fleron as Kimmie Nora Scherer as Sharonna Oleksandr Lebediev as Kolya Simon Salem Müller as Schippe Samuel Otte as Jack Signa Köstler as Lonnie Sofie Ruffing as Lore Sonja Salkowitsch as Randi Stine Korsgaard as Annie Tessa Hoder as Daniella Therese Mastek as Carina Thomas Diepeveen as Florin Thor Albin Kjær as Daniel Tilman Gunz as Jonathan Tom Korn as John Koch Tristan Kold as Minu Guest Stars: Alexander Stæger as Oliver Amanda Babaei Vieira as Alina Fabian Raith as Rolf Georg Bütow as Cliff Hannah Grady as Joyce Luisa Taraz as Anette Madeleine Kate McGowan as Nelly Mareike Wenzel as Bauchstech-Anna Merethe Bahn Trolle as Monica Nana-Francisca Schottländer as Laila René Marvin Kuhnke as Gaze Simon Steinhorst as Blondie Sonia Pikart as Pamela Victor Malmberg Vejle as Jason Zille Gellert as Sandy Guest Assistants: Annabel Grosse Annika Rohde Anton Cornelius Thorsø Schulze Helle Kirstine Egsgaard Karoline Amalie Severinsen Mara Nitz Mikkel Lystbæk Stine Korsgaard Production Leader: Arthur Köstler Technicians: Pappagallo Administration: Scene42 S/I v. Christine Bibaud og Erling Larsen Photography: Erich Goldmann Special Thanks: Dorthe Arendt Elkjær Peter Köstler Supported by: Vilhelm Kiers Fond