CURRENT x FTTS
What happens when the body and breath intersect with historic infrastructure? For the third edition of CURRENT, centered on the theme "Air", the festival team collaborated with the Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG (FTTS) to launch an open call for local independent performing artists. They sought new, interdisciplinary productions under 40 minutes that explored the element of air through its urban, historical, and social dimensions.
The deep subterranean vaults and columned halls of a former water reservoir served as a dynamic resonance chamber for body, movement, light, and sound. Out of the submissions, CURRENT's curatorial team and FTTS representatives selected two works, bringing them to life with support from FTTS.
In Exspiration, Donya Ahmadifar, Bobby Sayyar, Jens Kuhlmann, and Nam Nguyen The examined breath as a mirror of internal states, weaving together dance, sound, spoken word, and light to play off the site’s unique acoustics and atmosphere. Meanwhile, Citizen.KANE.Kollektiv and Mallorcan actress Maite Román transformed the space for Der letzte Atemzug / El último respiro — an immersive world of sound and story dedicated to the late environmental activist Fernando Garfella Palmer. Both productions stood out as defining highlights of the festival lineup.
Weitere Projekte
Air – As an invisible yet essential element, air shapes our environment. The third edition was dedicated to the theme of air. Artists examined how air flows through the city of Stuttgart and made it tangible in a wide variety of locations through installations, interventions, performances, and walks. Across three main focuses, the festival explored air as a common good, its material qualities, and the impact of the automobile on the city.
„LUFT“/ „AIR“ is a three-year project exploring the invisible resource of air and its impact on urban life. Together with international artists and young people between the ages of 15 and 29, the project looks at how air—as a shared resource—connects and shapes the city of Stuttgart and its community: physically, politically, ecologically, socially, materially, and poetically. Through artwork, workshops, and gatherings, the project brings the invisible to life and offers new perspectives on urban spaces.
Driving, Dreaming, Drifting explores the impact of the automobile on the environment, mobility, and urban spaces, as well as on social power structures. The project questions notions of public space that are often shaped by control, exclusion, and hierarchies, with the car serving as a symbol of ownership, individualization, and dominance.