BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-memory-distortion-mixtape-theater-der-welt DTSTAMP:20260317T091842Z DTSTART:20260626T173000Z DTEND:20260626T191000Z SUMMARY:Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE | THEATER DER WELT DESCRIPTION:Duration: 1 hour 40 minutesInformation: In Romanian and Russia n with German and English surtitles\n\nIn Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE\, the story runs in a loop\, though not always forwards. It jumps. Repeats itse lf. Gets stuck. Like something that is played over and over again\; record ed over\, deleted\, and re-recorded. Just like memories\, a phenomenon tha t the titular psychological term alludes to. Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE is a concert\, an archive\, an experimental arrangement. The production crea tes music that arises in the moment\, like thoughts. Voices are sampled\, looped\, distorted\, overwritten. Winner of the 2026 ITI Prize\, di rector \, author\, and performer Nicoleta Esinencu comes from Moldova. This small country has both a Romanian and Soviet past and an unclear future\, wedge d as it seems to be between Western and Eastern Europe. Esinencu’s perfo rmance of beats\, video\, texts\, and acoustics draws on this context: Fro m a colonised country to a socialist state to a neoliberal democra cy\, it plunges from one political alliance into the next. These transitions leav e traces\, but rarely monuments. Many stories have never found their way i nto school textbooks. They exist as fragments\, as private memories\, as s ounds. Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE makes this state audible.\n\nFrom June 1 8 to July 5\, 2026\, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germ any’s largest international theater festival\, “Theater der Welt\,” is coming to Chemnitz—immediately following the city’s year as Europea n Capital of Culture in 2025. For three weeks\, Chemnitz will become a gat hering place for artists\, audiences\, and theater enthusiasts from all ov er the world. On stages\, in public spaces\, and at extraordinary venues\, a vibrant celebration of the performing arts will unfold\, transcending b orders and bringing together stories from all corners of the globe.\nNine international curators from Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Argentina\, So uth Africa\, Greece\, Jordan\, India\, Senegal\, and China will shape the festival program. In November\, they will meet in Chemnitz to select aroun d 40 outstanding productions—works they have previously scouted in their regions. The result will be an inspiring panorama of contemporary theater forms\, languages\, and perspectives. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Informati on: In Romanian and Russian with German and English surtitles

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In Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE\, the story runs in a loop\, though not always forwards. It jumps. Repeats itself. Gets stuck. Like something that is pl ayed over and over again\; recorded over\, deleted\, and re-recorded. Just like memories\, a phenomenon that the titular psychological term alludes to. Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE is a concert\, an archive\, an experimental arrangement. The production creates music that arises in the moment\, lik e thoughts. Voices are sampled\, looped\, distorted\, overwritten. Winner of the 2026 ITI Prize\, di rector\, author\, and performer Nicoleta Esinen cu comes from Moldova. This small country has both a Romanian and Soviet p ast and an unclear future\, wedged as it seems to be between Western and E astern Europe. Esinencu’s performance of beats\, video\, texts\, and aco ustics draws on this context: From a colonised country to a socialist stat e to a neoliberal democra cy\, it plunges from one political alliance into the next. These transitions leave traces\, but rarely monuments. Many sto ries have never found their way into school textbooks. They exist as fragm ents\, as private memories\, as sounds. Memory Distortion. MIXTAPE makes t his state audible.

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From June 18 to July 5\, 2026\, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany’s largest international thea ter festival\, “Theater der Welt\,” is coming to Chemnitz—immediatel y following the city’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2025. For three weeks\, Chemnitz will become a gathering place for artists\, audienc es\, and theater enthusiasts from all over the world. On stages\, in publi c spaces\, and at extraordinary venues\, a vibrant celebration of the perf orming arts will unfold\, transcending borders and bringing together stori es from all corners of the globe.

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Nine international curators from Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Argentina\, South Africa\, Greece\, Jorda n\, India\, Senegal\, and China will shape the festival program. In Novemb er\, they will meet in Chemnitz to select around 40 outstanding production s—works they have previously scouted in their regions. The result will b e an inspiring panorama of contemporary theater forms\, languages\, and pe rspectives.

LOCATION:Spinnbau\, Halle 5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR