Program Notes:
Conflicts always involve two or more sides who deeply believe in their truth. When no peaceful solution is to be found, violence is sadly used to pursue it—in the name of God, national sacrifice, and the victims. As new generations grow up into mistrust and intolerance for the "other side," existential fear, open wounds, and leadership manipulation, the tragedy roots itself deeper in the national ethos. When each person around is scratched and affected by the past and present, who will be brave enough to face reality, prejudiced society, and "the other side"? Who could close the gaps and build a trustful bridge?
In An unserem Fluss, I have created a world of shaken reality, a fantasy-land – wishful utopia. Two groups face their destiny, fight for their land and the right to exist in honor. Each character, affected by its own trauma, pulls the rope in its direction. Would they succeed finding a common ground?
