30 Aug 2024
SpaceKraft|Raumschiff
The Hiberno-Futurist Independent-Space Programme: 17-21 Sept
Residency/Festival: Produced and curated by Spacecraft co-founder Aste Amundsen
Irish immersive festival pioneers Spacecraft, makers of Glastonbury’s Underground Piano Bar, come onboard for the week, bringing an eclectic programme of music, art and interactive performance*, plus a talk series with film screenings exploring the history and legacy of independent space.
Programme highlights include DIY fairground rides, a Trad-Porn Musical, a TRADIATOR Tournament (with audience Try-Outs!) a Horsemen-of-the-Apocalypse Derby (taking bets!), Trad-Rave DJs and Céilí dance.
- “The holy grail of hidden spots… notorious for riotous nights” Huffington Post (Underground Piano Bar)
- "The stuff of Glastonbury legend” – Ian Youngs, BBC
17th-21st Sept: DIY Fairground On Deck! A collection of humorous ‘hand-cranked’ rides by artist Paddy Bloomer.
Weekdays 18:00–23:00, Saturday 14:00–00:00 - Serving unhealthy snacks during breaks!
17th-18th Sept: The Independent-Space UNSYMPOSIUM: A DIY symposium created by participants, exploring the history and current state of independent cultural space Independent-Space Programme.
19th-21st Sept: Live Performance Programme: Try out as a TRADIATOR, join Trad-Wife Pageant School, then catch Friday’s all-night Trad Wives, Techno & Banjos in Space-extravaganza and our Jinxing the Rave: Trad, Porn & Fighting Saturday grand finale!
ACCESS:
UNSYMPOSIUM sessions are free, un-ticketed and drop-in. The SpaceKraft Kino, Quiz and live performance programme is ticketed. Reeperbahn Festival Passes are accepted as a valid ticket Fri and Sat after 23:00
PROGRAM PER DAY + TICKETS:
- Tuesday, 17th (presale €8, at the door €11)
- Wednesday, 18th (presale €11, at the door €14)
- Thursday, 19th (presale €11, at the door €14)
- Friday, 20th (presale €15, at the door €18)
- Saturday, 21nd (presale €15, at the door €18)
TRAD is invoked throughout the line-up with skill, heart and absurdist humour, but with irreverence at the core of this enterprise, the spectre of (Irish) tradition will be raised, to be claimed, owned and subverted, not humbly revered.
With parallel histories of independent space provision and DIY production, Spacecraft is a kindred terrestrial venture to MS Stubnitz’s maritime one. Both are collective creative projects with origins in cultures spawned at illegal raves, squats, and festivals. Operating by a different logic subtly removed from the realities of mainstream culture production, both The Stubnitz and Spacecraft constitute enduring if encircled, enclaves of relatively greater imaginary possibility where something wholly other may yet take place…
SpaceKraft|Raumschiff brings together a crew of artists notable for their prolific collaboration, full-frontal audience engagement, and capacity to reliably surprise…
With Hugh Cooney: Folklord, Trad Rave, Jinx Lennon, Paddy Bloomer [Texas Chainsaw Massager and Fairground rides] Branwen Kavanagh, Acid Granny Associates, Trad Porn Cowboys and Hoors [The Musical!], Rare Witch, Ruskavellas, TRADIATOR: Tournament, The Fist, Cal Folger-Day, Stoopid Request Line, Spudgun, Spacers, The Goblinz, Aoibhinn O'Dea, The Ultimate Trad Wife Competition and Céilí, Eamon Crudden [KINO: Berlusconi’s Mousetrap], Sean Fitzgerald [Dublin-Reeperbahn DIY Balad workshop & Hitparade], Naomi Smyth [KINO: No Dress Rehearsal], Aste Amundsen [Apocalypse Derby, and Craic’tivist Parapsychometrics], Jack O'Donnell [TPM] as SpaceKraft Quizmaster, and The Cuntess Markabitch.
More acts, and special guests TBA…
DISCLAIMER:
While we favour interactive formats and a high degree of audience engagement, this takes a conversational tone, focused on breaking the ‘fourth wall’ between stage and audience. It does NOT involve press-ganging unwilling members of the public into on-stage comedy at their own expense!
SpaceKraft|Raumschiff is part of Zeitgeist Irland 24, an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany.
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