The Argonause
18.05.2025 – 18.05.2026
Travel signifies adventure, the desire for the unknown, a longing for the world. At the same time, we are acutely aware of the destructive effects of mass tourism on climate and environment. We are dedicating a monthly programming series in different formats to this topic: The FFT, together with Chez Company, is embarking on an excursion that invites you to a simultaneous exploration of the beginnings of tourism as well as climate-neutral opportunities that symbolise a new, responsible desire to travel.
At the centre lies the Rhine, one of Europe’s largest rivers, full of stories from its source to its estuary. Loosely based on the Argonaut myth, we bring together people with a wide range of experience and expertise to find out what is important and valuable to us. Cast off! We start in May with a happening on the Rhine that is performance, ship christening, and departure, lie down on the couch of climate psychologist Lea Dohm in June and later read from postcards on the road. Keep an eye out for it all!
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Gesine Danckwart develops theatre, film, and art projects as an author, director, performer, and curator at permanent theatre institutions as well as in freelance international contexts. She works at the interface of performance and the internet with Chez Company, starting with Chez Icke 2011 in Berlin. She works at Burgtheater, Schauspielhaus Vienna, Maxim Gorki Theater, Schauspielhaus Cologne, NT Mannheim and elsewhere. More works in South Africa, Sao Paulo, Egypt, China, and at other places. „UmdeinLeben“ premiered at the Munich Film Festival. Her texts have been translated into more than 15 languages. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chez Company created the opera Themakingofblond, as well as the interactive children’s film Karaoper. The joint podcast ApplausApplaus! has been online since May 2021. The themakingofblond film, is making guest appearances at festivals at this time. Gesine Danckwart is currently developing a VR narrative for the Nordic Film Days.
Fabian Kuehlein has been working as a freelance creative producer in radio studios, on theatre stages, and in urban spaces since 2005. In recent years, he has produced radio plays and features for public broadcasting, created sound events for plays, conceived audio installations in museums and public spaces, and produced various podcasts (ApplausApplaus!, The Golden Record Studios, among others). New additions are works in the field of film (Themakingofblonde, 2023 or Karaoper, 2023).
Luise Wilhelm develops – in analogue and digital media – design worlds and graphic identities. She has been working as a freelance graphic designer in Berlin for the past ten years. Luise studied graphic design with a focus on concept and communication in Utrecht and Prague and completed her Bachelor of Design at HKU Utrecht in 2013. On the way, she worked with graphic designer Boris Brumnjak, „tyyp – Büro für Gestaltung“ and cultural collective „Kollegen 2,3“, among others. In 2016, together with software developer Timur Çelikel, she founded design lab völlig ohne
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The Argonause is funded by the Zero – Climate-Neutral Artistic and Cultural Projects programme of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.