LOL 100
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| Free entry |
| German |
| Hall 1, Ground Floor |
| Part of: Humboldting! |
LOL 100 – The Life of Forum leaders in 100 Objects – is starring 30 students from the Thomas-Mann Gymnasium in Berlin’s Märkisches Viertel. They share their research and show insights into the lives of some of the people who run Germany’s newest, largest and most controversial cultural institution. They systematically combed through flats, scoured bookshelves, looked under sofas, peered into fridges, pulled back shower curtains and rifled through sock drawers to find the 100 most interesting and significant objects. The young researchers interviewed leaders about these finds and heard stories about love, loss, addiction, heartbreak, joy, childhood, travel, failure, success – stories about life.
Inspired by the BBC series The History of the World in 100 Objects, LOL takes 100 one hundred objects as a starting point for personal stories. The students turn the gaze of ethnological researchers and direct it towards the Humboldt Forum’s management team. Experience how 30 students present their view of the Forum and its leaders with lots of entertainment and glamour!
LOL 100 – The Life of Leaders in 100 Objects was conceived and directed by Canadian performance artist and author Darren O’Donnell, whose socially engaged work with children, young people, refugees and senior citizens has been shown worldwide and in Germany by the Ruhrtriennale, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Fidena Festival, Theater Rampe, Schwankhalle, Kampnagel, Mousonturm, Schauspiel Frankfurt and Zeitraumexit.
A performance in the context of Humboldting! A school research project
One school! Thirty pupils! Five years! Twenty thousand objects! Ten international artists and artistic projects!
Thirty young researchers from the Thomas Mann Gymnasium in the Märkisches Viertel will spend their youth exploring every corner of the Humboldt Forum. Together with international artists, they will present their research results to the public every six months.
Born in Edmonton, Canada, in 1965, Darren O’Donnell is a multi-award-winning Canadian writer, director, performer and has travelled worldwide as the artistic director of Mammalian Diving Reflex. With projects such as Torontonians, upLIFTers and Mit Ohne Alles, he has developed projects that break unusual ground in cultural work, especially with young people. Darren O’Donnell’s work is based on mutual trust and balanced communication among all participants. On this basis, equal collaborations are created with groups underrepresented in the cultural sector, especially young people.
His numerous publications on this artistic form of participation include Social Acupuncture (2006). In 2018, he published “Haircuts by Children, and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract”, which proposes the cultural sector as a place to explore a new social contract with children.
Artistic direction: Alice Fleming and Darren O’Donnell
Dramaturgy & Project Management: Julia Nickel, Jocelyne Stahl
Artistic realisation and mediation: Melika Ramic
Artistic assistance: Nana Adutwum, Emma Rose, Sonja Vallot
Production management: Fränze Czaja, Claudia Rumpf
