BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-blur-theatre-of-the-world-20260701-5 DTSTAMP:20260327T085749Z DTSTART:20260701T190000Z DTEND:20260701T194500Z SUMMARY:BLUR | THEATER DER WELT DESCRIPTION:Duration: 45 minInformation: In English language. German surti tles are displayed in the VR glasses.\n\nIn times of biohacking\, clones\, and artificial intelligence\, the boundaries of life\, death\, and finali ty are shifting. BLUR investigates this threshold and allows for what thea tre can be. The audience is invited to dive into a virtual world. It appea ls to all the senses and engenders the feeling of a new way of being\, but it also destabilizes certain ties. Each visitor gets virtual reality glas ses and then enters an artificially created world where everyone is an ava tar. Motion Capture\, a movement software\, translates the visitors’ mov ements to the digital world. Body\, voice\, and spatial orientation exist simultaneously in real and digital worlds. Presence grows fragile\, not ex actly tangible.\n\nFrom 18 June to 5 July 2026\, Chemnitz will be in the i nternational spotlight: Germany's largest international theatre festival " Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capit al of Culture year 2025. For three weeks\, Chemnitz will become a meeting place for artists\, spectators and theatre enthusiasts from all over the w orld. A lively celebration of the performing arts will take place on stage s\, in urban spaces and in unusual locations\, overcoming borders and brin ging together stories from all parts of the world.\nNine international cur ators from Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Argentina\, South Africa\, Gree ce\, Jordan\, India\, Senegal and China are responsible for the festival p rogramme. They will meet in Chemnitz in November to select around 40 outst anding productions - works that they have previously viewed in their regio ns. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre forms\, languag es and perspectives.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Duration: 45 min
Information: In Engl ish language. German surtitles are displayed in the VR glasses.

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In times of biohacking\, clones\, and artificial intelligence\, the bounda ries of life\, death\, and finality are shifting. BLUR investigates this t hreshold and allows for what theatre can be. The audience is invited to di ve into a virtual world. It appeals to all the senses and engenders the fe eling of a new way of being\, but it also destabilizes certain ties. Each visitor gets virtual reality glasses and then enters an artificially creat ed world where everyone is an avatar. Motion Capture\, a movement software \, translates the visitors’ movements to the digital world. Body\, voice \, and spatial orientation exist simultaneously in real and digital worlds . Presence grows fragile\, not exactly tangible.

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From 18 June to 5 July 2026\, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany's largest international theatre festival "Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capital of Culture year 2025. For three weeks\, Chemnitz will become a me eting place for artists\, spectators and theatre enthusiasts from all over the world. A lively celebration of the performing arts will take place on stages\, in urban spaces and in unusual locations\, overcoming borders an d bringing together stories from all parts of the world.

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Nine inte rnational curators from Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Argentina\, South Africa\, Greece\, Jordan\, India\, Senegal and China are responsible for t he festival programme. They will meet in Chemnitz in November to select ar ound 40 outstanding productions - works that they have previously viewed i n their regions. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre fo rms\, languages and perspectives.

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