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We Like China and China Likes Us (2014)


The global relations of power are being reorganised. China might soon take over America’s role as the leading economic power. Where do pupils in Kreuzberg find themselves on this world map? How do they react to political changes? As part of the 2014 Festival, “We Like China and China Likes Us” Jeremy Wade worked alongside students from the neighbouring Hector Peterson School to develop this performance. Using Joseph Beuys's 1974 work "I like America and America likes me" as their starting point, the team developed the piece “Where I End and You Begin”—an acrid comedy on the subject of globalisation.

The Hebbel am Ufer Houseclub is a site of encounter. A space for artistic debates and experiments by, with and for young people. At the Houseclub, young people act as experts in their everyday lives: proactively dealing with current social debates, appropriating the artistic strategies of contemporary theatre, of performance, and dance.

Credits:
Direction: Jeremy Wade
Performers: Mücahid Yaşa (Müci), Ibrahiem Ammoura (Ibo)
Costume and Set Design: Hannah Dougherty
Music: Tian Rotteveel
Artistic Assistance: Cigdem Ücümcü
Set Assistance: Afra Nobahar

Links
HAU: we like china and china likes us
Link: PDF in German

We Turn Sugar Into Dreams (2012)


Jeremy Wade and students from Hector-Peterson-Schule and Lina-Morgenstern-Schule present the film: We Turn Sugar Into Dreams.

Since September 2012, Jeremy Wade has been residing in the HOUSECLUB. Starting from the term globalization, Jeremy and the young people together pose a question: What are we made up of? Or, what is community made up of? And: how do we situate ourselves in the world? The inspiration for the work comes from the perfectly coordinated mass gymnastics seen at the North Korean Arirang Festival, which are participated in annually by several thousand people. What is the value of the individual in a mass, which in turn cannot exist without every individual? Jeremy Wade here uses large flags to work with the students on a flag dance. Then, in the final stage of the project, the HOUSECLUB will be transformed into a huge film set. Against that unique backdrop, the young people will shoot a biting black comedy on the topic of globalization.

The Hebbel am Ufer Houseclub is a site of encounter, a space for artistic debates and experiments by, with and for young people. At the Houseclub young people act as experts in their everyday lives, proactively dealing with current social debates, appropriating the artistic strategies of contemporary theatre, of performance, and of dance.