Wahnsinn und Methode
2021
          The large meadow of the garden is almost completely covered by a huge square construct made of white cloth. The cloths hanging on a rope system and move in the air. Where there was previously a view of trees, grass, flowers and gardens, a white colossus now rises. What’s behind the billowing, curling walls? The audience enters these artificially created spaces, spaces of thought that approximate the emotional worlds of the Schreber family, especially that of Paul Schreber. Paul Schreber spent a long time of his life in psychiatry because his thoughts and actions did not correspond to the norms of the society of the time. Which norms influence our lives today, the everyday life of each of us and how do we defend ourselves against them? Aren’t we all trying here and there to escape the norms and restrictions? Wahnsinn und methode examines the escape from normalcy and at the same time questions the historically grown role of psychiatry. The inspiration comes from Paul Schreber’s medical file and from his stay in the so-called Dosen sanatorium. However, the piece does not deal with psychiatric institutions, but with the human emotional world itself. Fluid, permeable, constantly changing spaces arise and pass, with the audience right in the middle. Past, present and future mix, fight against each other, envy each other, team up. Who will keep the light-heartedness from their childhood? Who bows to morality? Who escapes into their own dreams? Where does it start, where will it end? Premiered on August 26, 2021 at 8 p.m. in the Dr. Schreber e. V.,Leipzig. Credit Angela Liebich |