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.

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.

 

 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.