Schrottplatz

Performance, PACT Zollverein Essen, Germany 2010   

Schrottplatz is a solo performance by Thomas Lehmen in which he talks to a set of ‘things’ to reveal to them insights of the world. He explains the cable to the tomato, the artwork to the ball, the newspaper to the canned sardines, he explains himself and the audience to them, and illustrates for all of them his choreographic ideas. The things are interested to hear what people are doing in the world, what they know about themselves and their environment, what they understand and what they don’t understand. The more Lehmen tries to capture the different phenomena through explanations, the more they lose their credibility.

The more answers fill the room, the more the unknown and the boundaries of the ascertainable become present.

Lucy collaborated with Thomas, creating video that appeared as part of the live performance which was performed in Essen, Germany and at Southbank, London.