Name: Karol Filo / Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki: Non-Violent Bodies (solo) // East German Fragilities - Lust for Violence
Start: 2026-09-12T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-12T17:30:00+02:00
Location: FFT Düsseldorf

Violence, Memory and Queer Self-Assertion on Stage II

This double performance at FFT Düsseldorf offers an intense look at East Germany and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. Two young artistic positions meet in a unique exhibition atmosphere: not as a museum display, but as a performative art experience between lecture-performance, self-presentation, and political body research.

Karol Filo: When Nonviolence Meets Reality

In Non-Violent Bodies, Karol Filo connects documentary, theatrical and cinematic means with a precise examination of history. The view of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the 1990s delves into a tension field of anti-fascist counterviolence, right-wing threat, and the ideal of nonviolence. The work condenses historical experience into an aesthetic experience about responsibility, defense, and moral boundaries.

Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki: Bodies, Masculinity, and Post-East German Fragility

East German Fragilities - Lust for Violence begins with a semi-fictional return to childhood. Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki examines East German masculinities of the post-reunification period from a queer perspective, using rap, drag, and power poses. This leads to a performance-based engagement with fear, adaptation, and the desire for an alternative self-description. The stage becomes a resonance space for cultural education, contemporary history, and critical identity work.

An Evening of Political Sharpness and Artistic Precision

The event as part of Shift the Vibe combines two solos into a dense double evening. The audience experiences two different, but closely related perspectives on violence, discrimination, and body images. The introduction by Carena Schlewitt sets a curatorial framework that sharpens the historical and social context and deepens the examination of the works.

What Visitors Can Expect

On Stage II, a concentrated theater event unfolds lasting 90 minutes, linguistically between English and German, content-wise clear and demanding. Those interested in performance, contemporary art, post-socialist memory culture, and queer aesthetics will find a highly urgent evening format here. The production challenges, touches, and broadens perspectives on European history through the body.

Conclusion: This double performance promises an intense art experience between political analysis, personal memory, and strong stage presence. Anyone looking for contemporary theater with social depth should experience this event live at FFT Düsseldorf.