A visual-theatrical installation in and for public spaces. The
performance locations are the façades of buildings on streets and city
squares. Simple, white chairs made of steel are mounted on buildings at
a height between three and seven meters. People between the ages of 60
and over 70 years old sit on the chairs high above the passers-by. They
perform rehearsed, everyday activities in a reserved manner: they read
the paper, slice bread, fold clothes… activities that have to do with
their daily lives.
The
regular ensemble is composed of performers from Cologne and Amsterdam.
In addition to performances by ensemble members, local actors have also
performed new versions of the piece, such as in Brazil, Columbia, and
Perú.
x-times people chair will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2005.
World premiere 1995 - Cologne, inner city
Festival Transameriques - Montreal / Kanada - 2012
Video - Malta Festival Poznan / Poland - 2006