SWEAT. A MuscLical

SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull / SWEAT MACHINES. An acoustic Playground

By Daniel Wetzel

Who composes? Who plays? On what? For SWEAT Rimini Protokoll pose these questions in a humorous new way. Fitness machines - taken from the world of physical self-optimization - now become music machines on the concert stage, and training muscles now means making music.

SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull. The concert

The concert SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull was composed by multidisciplinary musicians such as AIGEL, Brigitta Muntendorf, Güner Künier, Sophia Wind, Schneider TM, Fabian Tombers, Bush.ida, Black Mirror Park and Wooly Aziz as an entire concert evening for this unique and innovative group of instruments. But who can play these instruments? People who have been unknowingly rehearsing for a long time by exercising on the original machines. People who may never have played a concert before, but whose regular training has given them a precise feel for their tendons and muscles. The Songs are a work-out and an evening of music at the same time, with a soundscape between gym, pop and contemporary compositions.

SWEAT MACHINES. An acoustic Playground. The Installation.

In the walk-in, interactive installation SWEAT MACHINES. An acoustic Playground, the audience can bring the machine orchestra to life and perhaps even get their own pulse racing. Multi-layered narratives unfold for the audience via headphones and text-based media: inspired by intensive research in Berlin and Luckenwalde (Brandenburg) and interwoven with the protein-rich history of fitness culture.

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SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull. The concert.

Musik by: Brigitta Muntendorf, Sophia Wind, Schneider TM, Güner Künier, Wooly Aziz, Bush.ida, AIGEL, Black Mirror Park, as well as Kathi Bernier, Franz Schubert, Fabian Tombers, Daniel Wetzel

Performing on stage: Shar Adams (coach), Lisa Wadle (coach)

Performing on video: Aigel, Kathi Bernier, Bush.ida, Öz Kaveller, Güner Künier, Wooly Aziz

Digital Conductor: Fabian Tombers

Mixing: Erik Veenstra

Camera: abraso (Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya, Camillo Londoño Hernández), Stefan Korsinsky, Lilli Kuschel, Savina Tsafa, Daniel Wetzel

Athletes at Radialsystem Berlin: Kathi Bernier, Tobi Ibikunle, Yiannis Panagopoulos, Patricio Suárez

Athletes at Théâtre de la Ville, Luxemburg: Paul Ewers, Alisha Leyder, Ian Santos Machado, Jacky Schmitt

Athletes at Pina Bausch Zentrum Wuppertal: Caro Bernklau, Thaddäus Maria Jungmann, Emma Rothmann, Mehmet Ülker.

«SWEAT MACHINES. An acoustic Playground»

With voices of: Bea Edwards, Brian (AI generated), Daniel Wetzel, Erik Veenstra, F. aka Charlotte, Fabian, Hatim, Hendrik I, Hasan Heinick, Julia Gal, Kathi Bernier, Lisa Wadle, Michael Brandt, Tomka Weiß, Veronika Nowag-Jones, Yulia, Zhenja and young people from the youth clubs KLAB und Go7 in Luckenwalde

Futher interview partners: Aaron, Amin Basiri, Angelina Braunert, F. aka Charlotte, Ferinho, Hasan Heinick, Hendrik, Mirko Holzmüller, Sophia Kappa, Franko Maria, Mika, Prof. Clemens Wöllner sowie Chayenne, Ekrem, Fabian, Hatim, Julia, Nazmi, Nele, Omran, Senad, Zoe aus Luckenwalde

Team
Concept, text and direction: Daniel Wetzel
Concept, text, dramaturgy: Arved Schultze, Erik Veenstra

Sound Design and Programming: Fabian Tombers
Interactive art installation and instruments: Alfredo Bautista, Benjamin Maus and Klaudiusz Schimanowski
Scenography: Lena Lupo Loy

Artistic collaboration: Yiannis Panagopoulos
Video design: abraso (Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya, Camillo Londoño Hernández)
Light design: Hendrik Borowski

Notation: Peter Breitenbach, Florian Wulff
Video engineering: Marius Bratoveanu
Artistic collaboration (dramaturgy and performance): Luna Anogiati, Yiannis Askaroglou, Olesya Lakshtanova, Christiane Löll, Lou Maurin, Patricio Suárez, Savina Tsafa

Surtitles: Lou Maurin

Graphic design: Marie Faass
Screen prints: Milena Weller, Zoï Wetzel
Design technical belts: Alexander Auras
Technical direction: Patrick Tucholski

Technical and stage support Radialsystem: Cesar Balleyguier, Pablo Cornejo, Kellen Mills
Public relations Rimini Protokoll: Lisa Homburger
Production management: Monica Ferrari, Ksenia Lukina

using sounds according to CC Attribution 4.0 by: Beetlemuse, Cell31_Sound_Productions, SoundBiterSFX

Developed at: E-Werk Luckenwalde, FELD Theater für junge Menschen, Haus der Statistik, Selbstgebaute Musik e.V., Uferstudios Berlin, Wokule Biesenthal

Special thanks to: Maitén Arns, Dilan Aytaç, Marius Alsleben, Anestis Azas, Nic Duric, Feel Good Gesundheitsstudio Luckenwalde, Go7 Luckenwalde, Gym Buddies Berlin, Gypso D., Shadow, Harry Hachmeister, Bela Haug, I.GYM Luckenwalde, Chloe Kelly, KLAB Luckenwalde, Ayosha Kortlang, Vassilis Koukalani, Matthias Kremsreiter, Florine Lindner, Moritz Lobeck, Clara Mägdefrau, Juliane Männel, Michalis Markakis, Eva Rincke, Daniil Pikturnyi, Anni Retake, David Ristau, THF Radio, Helen Turner, Zeyki Temizbas, Hajo Toppius, Margarita Tsomou, Michael von zur Mühlen, Pablo Wendel & the students of the Athens Conservatoire Drama School: Angelos Magnisalis, Cleio Papatzanaki-Chrysovergi, Katerina Theodorou, Leda Ktona, Stelios Kratsas, Foivos Pavlopoulos, Anna Gkarafli, Valia Koumpi, Christina Paraskeva, Antonis Skyvalos, Klaudio Cuka, Klara Santikou, Georgia Spyropoulou, Vasilis Syrros.

A production by Rimini Apparat in co-production with Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Pina Bausch Center “under construction” and E-WERK Luckenwalde.
In cooperation with Radialsystem, Berlin

Supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.