Analog Assemblies – Jungbusch

About the concert

How can art connect neighborhoods and neighbors, and help forge a permanent feeling of solidarity? 

“Addressing this central question, we would like to explore how artistic interventions in Jungbusch (MA) can bring neighbors, institutions and audiences together. What we mainly want to do is develop a musical and storytelling performance that can be used as a vehicle for unifying social practice in this neighborhood – especially in these times of digital isolation, growing pressure to self-optimize and social fragmentation. 

As the Schwindelfrei festival is searching for spaces and practices to establish new ways of coexistence, Analog Assemblies – Jungbusch will use this as a starting point. Many people are experiencing the slow decline of the social infrastructure in their neighborhoods. Spaces to come together are becoming increasingly scarcer and familiar places are being forced out. This loss of communal infrastructure is endangering the social network that makes living together possible. Our project is a response to these trends and is focused on analog presence and collective action. Our goal is not to create a performance as an event that can be consumed, but to initiate sustainable  permanent connections. 

Analog Assemblies – Jungbusch is conceived as an open and evolving format. Music, storytelling and interpersonal encounters intertwine to form a collaborative work. We work in a process-oriented and site-specific way – here, the Jungbusch neighborhood will become an artistic and social space of resonance. Our rehearsals are intentionally open and accessible to the public. In this way, our neighbors are invited to participate, observe or just be present.” (Laila Mahmoud und Vincent Bababoutilabo)

About the Artists

At the heart of this project is Laila Mahmoud, a musician based in Mannheim. She is an active member on the board of Dialograum Kultur Rhein-Neckar and has performed in many ensembles. She has studied music and music education at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as well as in Homs (Syria). She is accompanied by the band Rosa Shakur, led by musician Vincent Bababoutilabo who is an artist and author living in Berlin and Zwingenberg (Bergstraße). Supported by the Schwindelfrei Festival, he was able to produce his first audio walk as part of a collective in 2020. His works include the audio walk “zurückERZÄHLT” which won first place at the Audiowalk Awards in 2022 and the album “Rosa Shakur” by the eponymous band. He also plays in the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra on the side.

What can you expect?

An open-air concert with a communal meal that will give people in the neighborhood a chance to come together and exchange ideas.

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