Season start 2025/26 – (Un)gentle Learning

«Stars Are Never Sleeping, Dead Ones and the Living»
Theres Indermaur und Stephanie Müller

The interactive, sensual spatial installation brings the stars into the north wing and forms the spatial centre of the season opening «(Un)gentle Learning».

  • Thu 11/09 18:00 – 00:00

    Nordflügel

  • Fri 12/09 18:00 – 22:30

    Nordflügel

  • Sat 13/09 17:00 – 22:30

    Nordflügel

  • Sun 14/09 14:30 – 22:30

    Nordflügel

  • Mon 15/09 19:00 – 22:30

  • Thu 18/09 19:00 – 02:00

    Nordflügel

  • Fri 19/09 16:00 – 22:00

    Nordflügel

  • Sat 20/09 16:00 – 22:00

    Nordflügel

  • Sun 21/09 15:00 – 22:00

    Nordflügel

Copyright: Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller

Flowing fabrics, round rooms, a multitude of light fittings and the soft splashing of water. Where am I? The installation »Stars are never sleeping, dead ones and the living» is an interactive, sensual spatial experience and at the same time an inclusive place of rest during the festival - a balance between stimulation and reduction, isolation and reception.

The work by Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller borrows its name from the lyrics of David Bowie's song «The Stars (are out tonight)» - it brings the moment of connection between the earth and the universe into the north wing and invites visitors to pay attention to their own senses. «In Stars are never sleeping, dead ones and the living», it is possible to encounter the inexpressible, the vague, the undefined, the oversized and undersized as well as the ghostly. It is an invitation to forget one's own body for a moment, to become permeable and part of a larger structure. An invitation to look the universe in the eye for a moment, in the knowledge that every blink triggers a shooting star somewhere.

The spatial installation «Stars are never sleeping, dead ones and the living» is open in two different modes during the two weekends of «(Un)gentle Learning»: vibrant and gentle. In vibrant mode, it is open for all visitors to discover. During the events in the «(Un)gentle Learning» programme, they are available in gentle mode as a quiet space. Detailed information on opening hours will follow at the end of August.

Free entry

Information on accessibility and language

Detailed information on accessibility will follow at the end of August.

About the artists

Credits

Copyright: Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller

Copyright: Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller

Copyright: Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller

Gessnerallee season start 2025/26

The programme focus «(Un)gentle Learning» will take place at Gessnerallee from 11 to 21 September to mark the start of the season. It will explore processes of transition, mourning and learning.

«Stars Are Never Sleeping, Dead Ones and the Living»

Theres Indermaur and Stephanie Müller
11/09 - 15/09
18/09 - 21/09
Room installation

«Fourth Eye, 4.40 AM»
Ceylan Öztrük
11/09, 13/09, 14/09, 15/09
Performance

«Pas Moi»
Diana Anselmo

(in LIS, Italian sign language)
12/09, 13/09,
Lecture-Performance

«Muskeln aus Plastik - a crip-queer reading»
Kay Matter
14/09
Reading

«Neutralitätstheater – The myth of Switzerland on the table!»
Hannan Salamat and Fatima Moumouni
18/09
Talk, Performance

«Sleight of Hand»
Jo Bannon

(in German spoken language)
19/09
Installation, Performance

«Sleight of Hand»
Jo Bannon

(in English spoken language)
20/09
Installation, Performance

«When the Calabash Breaks»
Tiran Willemse and Melika Ngombe Kolongo (Nkisi)
20/09, 21/09
Open-Air-Performance, Music, Dance

«KOMMANDO AJAX»
Cemile Sahin
21/09
Reading

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