Subcutis

In the ongoing frenzy of self-optimization, the natural properties of the skin do not seem to be enough: against the backdrop of new technical developments, it is foreseeable that in the future people will have high-tech gadgets implanted under the skin, subcutaneously - and thus the membrane that is the natural barrier between their physique and the outside will become increasingly permeable. What seems like a blessing to some is frightening to others - where are our boundaries? Citizens of different generations, milieus and backgrounds, together with professional performers and musicians, look at the topic of skin as a border between the inner and outer world and the beginning of a new epoch: the age of hybrid humans and transhumanism.

A production of VolXbühne and Theater an der Ruhr in co-production with A.TONAL.THEATER (Cologne), Freihandelszone - Ensemblenetzwerk Köln and Alte Feuerwache Köln and in cooperation with the "Future Workshop of Folklore/Cultural History" of the University of Jena under the direction of Anne Dippel.

With the kind support of: Diversity Fund NRW, Ministry of Science and Culture NRW, Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste NRW, Rheinenergiestiftung Kultur Köln, MEG - Mülheimer Entsorgungsgesellschaft, 

stadtrevue, Statdmagazin Cologne

“A great evening about final questions, finiteness and humanity, death and the future.”

CHOICES

“Subcutis is ballet, pantomime, concert, video show, celebration of life, stirring debate and, of course, theater in the best sense of the word. The intergenerational event with professional actors, amateurs and musicians unites contemporary consumer criticism, utopias and dystopias of an existence that has long since ceased to be God-made and is now man-made. The impact of the play reaches far beyond the skin...”