{"id":28906,"date":"2025-08-29T07:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/project\/inoperabilities-opernlandschaft\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:46:05","slug":"inoperabilities-opernlandschaft","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/un-label.eu\/en\/project\/inoperabilities-opernlandschaft\/","title":{"rendered":"[in]operabilities – Opernlandschaft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[in]<\/span>operabilities<\/span> \u00a0– Opernlandschaft<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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During their residency, the collective [in]operabilities<\/a> explores the \u201cAesthetics of Access\u201d in music theatre. Focusing on Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio<\/em>, they investigate new forms of multisensory music-making and encounter \u2013 between libretto, score, and sign language. What does opera mean for people with visual or hearing impairments? What role can it play in society today? The collective will be in residence at the L.I.K. Laboratory for Inclusive Culture by Un-Label in Cologne for two weeks in October 2025.<\/p>\n

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About the residency<\/h2>\n

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Since 2021, the collective [in]operabilities has been exploring the concept of \u201cAesthetics of Access\u201d in music theatre, searching within the canon and cosmos of opera for multisensory forms of music-making and encounter \u2013 for collective and individual \u201copera-abilities\u201d. Based on the assumption that accessible provisions in opera houses are still primarily conceived as \u201cinclusion services\u201d, the collective visits and examines the opera during their residency, gathers insights, initiates critical, artistic, and multisensory dialogues, and thus creates a multi-perspective evaluation: How does the total work of art that is opera affect people with visual or hearing impairments? What does society expect from opera, and what can opera be for society?<\/p>\n

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Under the title \u201cOpernlandschaft\u201d, the team takes a close look at opera as an institution and, in doing so, reflects on their own forms, engages in experimentation, and develops new approaches. Using the opera Fidelio<\/em> by Ludwig van Beethoven \u2013 who became Deaf later in life \u2013 they refine and deepen their practice of \u201cmultisensory music-making\u201d: How can the rigid format of libretto and score be conveyed in sign language in a way that becomes more than a mere translation \u2013 rather, a work of art in its own right? How can the poetics and aesthetics of sign language, in turn, be made accessible to a blind audience? And what remains of Beethoven in the process? [in]operabilities aims to pursue these questions \u2013 between canon and creation \u2013 as part of the residency and map out their own \u201cOpernlandschaft\u201d.<\/p>\n

The residency is part of the upcoming production \u201cFidelio\u201d, a production by [in]operabilities in co-production with Kampnagel<\/a> Hamburg, Gare<\/a> du Nord Basel, Radialsystem Berlin<\/a> and Un-Label. The project is supported by Fonds Darstellende K\u00fcnste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg, and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.<\/p>\n

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Showing \/ Open Studio<\/h2>\n

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On Thursday, 9 October, [in]operabilities invite you to an Open Studio at 4\u202fpm and look forward to welcoming interested visitors.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s it about? [in]operabilities research and experiment with different forms of \u201cmulti-sensory music-making\u201d. Is music really just for listening? How can we connect music, audio description, and sign language poetry? How can audio descriptions be made musical and sensory?<\/p>\n

During this Open Studio, they would like to share some of their experiments with you!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc5 When? Thursday, 9 October 2025 \u2013 4\u20136\u202fpm<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccd Where? L.i.K. Laboratory for Inclusive Culture, Un-Label, Hosterstra\u00dfe 1\u20135, 50825 Cologne-Ehrenfeld<\/p>\n

Access: Interpreters for German Sign Language and German will be on site. You can find information on how to get to Un-Label here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Artist collective<\/p>\n

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[in]operabilities<\/h3>\n

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[in]operabilities is an interdisciplinary music theatre collective based in Hamburg, Berlin and Zurich. Through music theatre productions and workshops, they explore how opera as an art form can be made more accessible, focusing on the \u201cAesthetics of Access\u201d. Within the canon and cosmos of opera, they look for new forms of multi-sensory music-making and encounters \u2013 searching for both collective and individual \u201copera-abilities\u201d. The team in this residency includes actress Athena Lange<\/a>, author, performer, and arts and literature educator Gunda Schr\u00f6der<\/a>, singer Marie Sophie Richter<\/a>, director Benjamin van Bebber,<\/a> dramaturg Franziska Henschel<\/a>, curator, dramaturg and cultural producer Jeanne Charlotte Vogt<\/a>, dancer and choreographer Sophia Neises<\/a>, audio description expert Caro J\u00fcngst<\/a>, composer Leo Hofmann<\/a>, and theatre-maker Emil Leske<\/a>.
https:\/\/inoperabilities.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bildcredits: Robin Hinsch<\/p>\n

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About the residence programme by Un-Label<\/h2>\n

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Un-Label\u2019s artist residencies provide artists with disabilities with the opportunity to realise their own creative projects while receiving targeted support. The\u00a0Labor f\u00fcr inklusive Kultur (L.I.K.)<\/strong>\u00a0in Cologne serves as a central space where artists with disabilities can connect, collaborate, and work in an inclusive environment. In addition to financial, personnel, and logistical support, the residencies focus on interdisciplinary and intersectional collaboration. Un-Label also partners with cultural networks to establish accessibility and long-term support for artists with disabilities within the arts sector.<\/p>\n

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