First paint a cage
With an open door
Then paint
Something pretty
Something simple
Something beautiful
Something useful
For the bird…
Jacques Prévert, „How to paint a portrait of a bird“

What was left for you? What do you have now, what is left when you leave? In Habseligkeiten #1 (belongings #1), stories of encounters with people condense in situations between "not yet" and "not anymore", in Berlin, Montreal and the camps of Qushtapa & Kawergosk. The collective around Sandy Schwermer plays with things, instruments and images. Is there a common formula for happiness?
What is the German enjoying? Where is the wealth of the cosmopolitans, the Germans, the refugees in a city like Berlin?
Habseligkeiten #1 (Belongings #1) is the first part of the series of performances and puts the magnifying glass on "to have" and being "happy" about it. The performances result from meetings with people who helped to shape the project.

Atelier GET INTO PLAY BERLIN:
Sandy Schwermer is the founder of the studio GET INTO PLAY. She works as a singer, director and performer, gives lectures and workshops at universities in Germany and abroad. Her work focuses on performances and staged concerts with objects and puppets.
Enjoy GET INTO PLAY's - Anniversary in the studio 14 after the show of Habseligkeiten#1. We are celebrating 10 years of artistic research on Homo Ludens: Projects that focus on play to evoke an active participation in society, in science, urban planning, education, cultural techniques, art and artistic, project-related mediation practice and workshops. Celebrate with us!

Idea, Concept, Play: Sandy Schwermer Guests: Saumeth, Krishna Kumar Musical Direction : Hans Jörn Brandenburg Painting, Scenography: Marion Ehrsam Visual Design: Silke Meyer Light design: Reinhard Hubert Movement & Structure: Ray Backes Production management: Nicole Otte

Habseligkeiten #1 is a coproduction of the festival AUSUFERN 2018 from Uferstudios an the atelier GET INTO PLAY.