Invitation to K.a.F.

Hello all!

We would like to invite you to take part in the K.a.F. project. We redefined and re-articulated the principals of K.a.F. which will be happening in the frame of Tanz im August in Berlin between the 13th August till 1st September and would like to share those with you, any reaction, question, doubt, thought is welcome and helpful!

K.a.F. PROJECT

Key words:
• Learning
• Personal creation processes
• Sharing and exchanging, KAF participants and public
• A space that is defined by what you all propose
• A more fragile, vulnerable texture of presentation
• Interest in the dispositif of a theatre: bar, library, rehearsal space, stage, public etc.

Being a KAF participant means:

Being involved in the organization of the space – so helping things happen (in the particular category that you are interested in, i.e.: bar, library, programation etc) in terms of thinking of coherence and creativity as well as on a practical level. That in order to create a field on which we could exchange – so rather than meeting and talking about each one’s experience and way of working etc, we would like to offer an active exchange by doing – having a common goal which would be the functioning of the space and the happenings in it during the festival shared by different KAF people, coming from different backgrounds, interests etc etc.
(optional) Offering an activity or a presentation in the frame work of KAF: KAF is a place to show things that have to do with all that is AROUND a show or a finished piece rather than the piece itself (which can be presented in the MARATHON – for more information scroll down). One of the main questions we thought to think of is: What makes me show what I show? Using this question as catalisator for thinking rather than one that should necessarily be answered. The presentations/suggestions could be done in “closed doors” – to the people of KAF or in “open doors” – in the time frame of 16:00-19:00 during weekdays when the public is invited (to be decided in advance, preferably as soon as possible, offering the activity + time frame + needs to the programmation group which will schedule it).

The thinking would be about finding different formats of presentation of these different elements, so to frame it in order that the process could be shared between the KAF people + public.
KAF as a place to expose searching or contemplation about creation and doing in the field of performance, but in a FRAMED way, so how to find a way to present your questions in a coherent, performative way.
Ways to involve the KAF people are welcome, so for example to do a mini project with the KAF people for 3 hours and then open it for a public presentation in the afternoon in different possible forms, such as conference, framed trials in rehearsal form, game, whatever else you can think of or interested in.
MARATHON – happening on the 25th, 26th August, open for all people, pieces from 1-10 minute long, no technical possibilities, minimal preparation time, application to be sent to kaf.project@gmail.com by 1st August.

So if you are interested, the different elements that KAF includes till now are: bar, mediatheque, programation, marathon organization, programation music, design of the space, technique, artists meetings...

KAF will happen from 12th August (preparation time before the actual opening), 19th August – exposure of KAF in Podewil by KAF participants, till the 1st September.

The different people that signed up for the same category will do the exchange through the email in order to organize the activities before the actual meeting.

Till now the Ex.e.r.ce people signed up for:
Programation

Hermann - hermannheisig@hotmail.com
Elpida - elpisor@gmail.com
Filippo - fidelioscultor@hotmail.com
Ines – inesbleu@hotmail.com
Vincent – vth.contact@gmail.com
Nuno Lucas - lucasholdingcompany@gmail.com

Mediatheque