Oliver Zahn

In Oberried near Freiburg im Breisgau, there is a former mining tunnel where Germany's cultural heritage is stored in the form of microfilm copies in case of disaster: at this “central salvage site of the Federal Republic of Germany”, certificates, original manuscripts, documents and images are documented for posterity. In “Bergentrückung”, Oliver Zahn interweaves this place with stories of preparation for future disasters, which will become more frequent with increasing climate change. The result is a two-channel video work between documentary and fiction, essay and myth, which will be presented at HAU4. On 5 November, following the film, Oliver Zahn will talk to a guest about the different ways of dealing with disasters in Germany and Japan.
 

Oliver Zahn is a theatre maker and performer who lives in Berlin. His work is always based on extensive research – ethnographic, archive-based and a embodied self-experimentation. His last piece at HAU Hebbel am Ufer was “Steinerne Gäste”, a performance about the afterlife of exiled and disappeared statues. www.oliverzahn.de

Sanae Yamada is a visual artist based in Tokyo, Japan. By focusing on the relationships that exist between environments and their inhabitants, Yamada examines how body and mind are positioned within their very surroundings. Yamada’s practice is primarily informed by the fieldwork-based research and takes the form of multimedia video installation. sanaeyamada.com