US ELECTION NIGHT
ART EXTRAVAGANZA
NOVEMBER 5th, 2024
8 PM - 6 AM
all night long
On a night when anything seems possible, art and politics enter the same space, merging realities. As the US election results arrive in real time, a panorama is created - a reflection of the nation, an art-happening of opposites. Aesthetics meet doubt, line dancers meet power, cheerleaders meet wrestlers and protest choirs meet hula dancers. Two career politicians court for your vote while the broadcasting in the background switches tirelessly from projection to projection. A studio set center stage, showing scenes of polarized reality and the American dream. As the visions of America are counted, a play unfolds that reflects the breathlessness of democracy - a road trip through a country that must reinvent itself, whitnessed through the lens of cameras, live and raw. A ferryman steers through the night with loud words and vague thoughts until the big decision is made. For those willing to persevere, there is a midnight snack, endless hot coffee at a saloon bar, a place to doze off and hot showers in the morning before starting the new day after this journey through hope and dystopia, nostalgia and election victory.
Städtisches Atelierhaus am Domagkpark
Photo: Gabi Blum