Versuche einer Witterungslehre (UA)

In the organizer's words:

Use of stroboscopic light effects and loud and long-lasting sound effects!

While divine arbitrariness or magic were long held responsible for the weather, the Enlightenment held out the prospect of controlling the weather as understanding increased. The first evidence of this early weather research is Goethe's Versuch einer Witterungslehre (1825). This text aims to explain the climate in its wider context through precise observation. In doing so, he develops great poetic power, even if the attempt itself has failed from the point of view of modern science.

In a poetic arc of images, Jakob Altmayer and his team approach the increasing loss of control that we are currently experiencing as a result of the noticeable change in weather conditions. Although today's meteorological calculations are more accurate than those of Goethe, the weather is increasingly slipping away from us and confronting us with our human dependence and vulnerability to the weather around us.
Beyond catastrophic narratives, the production searches for hope that arises from recognizing the unavailability of the weather.

With the support of the Stiftung Kulturelle Erneuerung and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.

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reduced 8€