equinox to equinox - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PUBLIC ACTION FOR FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY

20th of March - 5pm

PAN Hildesheim & guests from Hannover & Braunschweig
Am Küchengarten, Hannover

This project facilitated by Bbeyond - Belfast in conjunction with performance artists worldwide is organized to celebrate Freedom and Democracy. In Hannover, the Performance Art Network Hildesheim will perform with artists from Hannover together.

   

This project developed from the Bbeyond symposium, BEING IN PUBLIC Encounters | Outer Place / Inner Space, April 2017 and was proposed by Chumpon Apisuk who stated that: “It is the day that all states must recognise and allow actions from the people which are ‘peaceful’ and ‘non-violent’. This day of action can be with or without context, but for the recognition of all people’s rights to share the public space together, in solidarity with each other, in respect of each other's rights to share the same public space, as well as the time.”

On the 20th of March 2019, groups from the various international locations marked this day with performances in public spaces. Documentation of these performances will initially be shared via Facebook, later through each participant’s website.

   

   

   

   

Day of Public Action for Freedom and Democracy is a celebration of the generosity of spirit that artists can bring to life, working in group actions that mark a special time and connectivity through Performance Art. In conjunction with this Day of Public Action, a mail art aspect involving a signed letter by representatives from the various locations was sent to the UN. This letter is a request for the September Equinox to be made an officially recognised ‘Day of Public Action for Freedom and Democracy’.

   

       

Participating artists in Hannover are members of the Performance Art Network, Hildesheim and performance artists from Hannover. PAN Hildesheim is a network of artists and performance art enthusiasts from the fields of art, theatre, music, literature and media and was founded from students of the University of Hildesheim.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Mareile Koenigs (Hildesheim)
Van-Lam Trinh (Hildesheim)
Marius Raatz (Hildesheim)
Florencia Antonia Lasch Macaya (Hildesheim)
Johanna Johnen (Hildesheim)
Carlotta Oppermann (Braunschweig)
Jean Acht (Hannover) 

An important aspect is that this project can only be realised with the very generous input from all the artists.

   

Photos: Ilka Theurich