POST SCRIPTUM. REVIERHÜNDIN

"I am the dark one, - the widower, - the inconsolable one | The Prince of Aquitaine at the abolished tower; | My only star is dead|(...) Carry the black sun of melancholy." Gérard de Nerval, The Unfortunate, 1854

Together with the devil's advocate, the figure of the monster Maldoror, we scan the labyrinth of the soul of a desperate seeker who has the unconditional will to be happy.

We are in utero. Ideas of emptiness and darkness characterize this place, which branches out like a labyrinth. We go deeper. Like a mythical figure, he has set up camp here: Maldoror. There is no foothold. Nevertheless, we return here, again and again, with all our egos, to listen to Maldoror. His indignation at the state of the world is beastly. It is our hidden despair. We share his longing to remain part of nature. The characters he creates are mind games: even the most evil ones search with us for the meaning of love. Soon we are with him in the place where it all began: On the shore of the ocean, to remember. We only know what home was after we have discarded it.

ACTING Maximilian von Mühlen (as Maldoror) INSTALLATION Boshi Nawa | DANCE Lili Oksanen | DANCE Annika Hofgesang | GRAPHICS Klaus A. Burth | PR Ines Langel | VIDEO Ivó Kovács | SCULPTURE Mike Kleinen | ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION Ulrich Krähling | IDEA, STAGE DESIGN, DIRECTOR Kristóf Szabó

Funded by the City of Cologne - Cultural Office
Supported by Kulturpaten e.V.