The project series Mitting operates at the interface between the sociologically and culturally different boroughs of Mitte and Wedding. For two days, the area that has been defined for the exhibition acts as a space for actions and as a starting point for mobile and stationary events. Oliver Hangl puts on two “Secret Tours” through public and private spaces that bring the coexistence of these parallel cultures to awareness. The participants, equipped with two-channel wireless headsets that enable them to choose between two alternative streams of information presented by the guides and musical liveacts, will be led through the different areas by two tour guides as well as musicians, actors, artists, DJs and a technical crew. Statements from pedestrians and local residents will flow into the liveact audio streams.

Mitting separates levels of perception while isolating the participants. On the streets, in warehouses, flats, and wherever the groups enter, they appear mute to residents and passers-by. Because of the dialogue that is sent inward through headphones, the action bears a subversive potential. But the participants should also be alert to when reality turns suddenly into fiction.

Oliver Hangl declares spaces, participants and watchers an open field of imagination, an audiovisual energy field that oscillates between performance, demo-protest and communication experiment… „Remember, that it’s all in your head!“ (Gorillaz)

Starting Point
uib headquarters (a valid ID card is necessary for participating)

Time
April 26 and 28, 6 pm
Oliver Hangl wird give a presentation at Tesla-Salon, Klub, Klosterstr. 68, 10179 Berlin on April 12, 8.30 pm (in German).
Furthermore he will give an Artist Talk (in German) at the uib headquarters on May 3, 7 pm, where he will present Mitting and other works.

Photo credits: Daniela Friebel

Oliver Hangl (AT)
Oliver Hangl was born in Grieskirchen/Austria in 1968 and lives in Vienna. He operates at the interface between theatre, film and visual art and often swaps roles between artist, actor, producer and/or director.
Since 2003, Oliver Hangl has used wireless headphones for his On Ear project, a series that has taken place in cities accross Austria, Germany and Switzerland. They were used within and outside of institutional art, theatre and concert spaces to divide image from sound.
www.olliwood.com

Photo credit: Daniela Friebel

With kind support from Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, TESLA-berlin e.V., Hawlan Elektrotechnik, and Duracell.