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I
began to show my flipbook movies in a stage show in 2005. The show is
based on my experiences and encounters in what now amounts to nearly
twelve months of walking. I leaf through the flipbooks under a video
camera that projects the pictures onto a large screen. Flipbooks become
flipbook cinema. While showing these flipbooks I tell the stories about
the people I portray. I
talk about the gaps between the pictures and about the virtues of
traveling slowly. The show is a gentle and thoughtful reflection on the
passing of time and what it means when people meet each other. I
perform it regularly in theatres in Germany and abroad and at
international art and theatre festivals. Every year I walk, so every
year my show develops at the leisurely pace of a walker.
Here you see a trailer
of Portraits in Motion.
You can
see a list
of coming shows here.
Press
"An oddity and a revelation"
Financial Times
"These miniture stories rinse your eyes like spring water"
The Sunday Times
"His show is uniquely heart-warming"
The Times
“It takes just a few seconds
for this show to begin to resonate profoundly. These portraits are so
beautiful they make you want to cry. This should go on forever.”
Sächsische Zeitung
“Volker Gerling’s flipbook movie show has become
a classic. It is a
psychological imprint of the state of the nation over the last ten
years. A rare highlight, memorable, completely without pretension,
lovingly done.”
Theater der Zeit
“Art could not be quieter, simpler or more
beautiful.”
Tagesanzeiger Zurich
“Gerling’s stories of chance encounters are grand
and small, serious
and comic. For a brief moment his protagonists come to life. With no
fuss. Gerling invites us to fill the gaps between his pictures with the
stories he tells about the people he portrays. This is a reflection on
the momentary – an exceptional and highly recommendable show.”
Zitty Berlin
Tours and Shows since 2005
(selection)
Maribor Theatre
Festival, Slovenia
Tauranga Arts
Festival, Tauranga, New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Arts
Festival, Napier, New Zealnd
Nelson Arts Festival, Nelson, New Zealand
Kokomai Creative Festival, Masterton, New Zealand
Drammens Teater, Drammen, Norway
Notteroy Kulturhus, Notteroy, Norway
Ibsenhuset, Skien, Norway
Full Spin Festival, Essen, Germany
FIMFA Festival, Lissabon, Portugal
Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Prinz Regent Theater, Bochum, Germany
Townhall, West Bromwich, UK
Stadtbibliothek, Rhena, Germany
Theater Carambolage, Bozen, Italy
Feldsteinkirche, Gandenitz, Germany
NonStop, International Theatre Festival, Moss, Norwegen
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, Scotland
Jahrmarkt der Sensationen, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommernn, Germany
The Chamber Hall of the Philarmonic, Stettin, Poland
Freie Gartenakademie, Münster, Germany
Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghausen, Germany
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dartington Hall, UK
Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey Island
Burning Eagle Festival, Reutlingen, Germany
Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania, Australia
Wuzhen Theatre Festival,
Wuzhen, China
Ringling International Arts Festival, Sarasota, USA
Zero Point Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
UPSURGE Festival, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Festival of Colour, Wanaka, New Zealand
Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Theatre Junction, Calgary, Canada
PuSH Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, Canada
Holbæk Teater,
Holbæk, Denmark
Grønnegades Kasernes Kulturcenter, Næstved, Denmark
Kulturhuset Galaksen, Værløse, Denmark
Baltoppen LIVE, Ballerup, Denmark
Teater Katapult, Aarhus, Denmark
Kulturhus Kappelborg, Skagen, Denmark
Teater Nordkraft, Ålborg, Denmark
Teater Momentum, Odense, Denmark
Trommen, Hørsholm, Denmark
HOME, Manchester, UK
Stadsschouwburg De Oosterpoort, Groningen, the Netherlands
Schouwburg De Lawei, Drachten, the Netherlands
Odeon De Spiegel, Zwolle, the Netherlands
De Cacaofabriek, Helmond, the Netherlands
Theater De Blauwe Kei, Veghel, the Netherlands
Agnietenhof, Tiel, the Netherlands
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, the Netherlands
Stadstheater Arnhem, the Netherlands
Niedersächsische Musiktage, Germany
Mungo Park Theatre, Allerød, Denmark
Mayfest, Bristol, UK
The Spring Arts Centre, Havant, UK
Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
World Stage @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
Festival of Live Arts, Theatre Works, Melbourne, Australia
Freiburg Borderless Festival, Germany
Theater De Veste, Delft, Netherlands
Dorfsaal, Templin/ OT Groß Dölln, Germany
Heidekrug, Joachimsthal, Germany
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Dorfsaal, Templin/ OT Groß Dölln, Germany
Zimmertheater, Tübingen, Germany
KulturFabrik Haldensleben, Haldensleben, Germany
Weiße Wand, Wangen, Germany
Theater im Kornhaus, Baden, Switzerland
Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
Odysea 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
Tiger Dublin Fringe, Dublin, Ireland
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Winner of the Total Theatre Award)
Schaubudensommer, Dresden, Germany
Austellungshaus Spoerri, Hadersdorf am Kamp, Austria
Kulturpalast, Anwanden, Germany
Theater o.N., Berlin, Germany
Maifestspiele Wiesbaden
Theaterspektakel, Zürich
Walser Herbst Festival, Großes Walsertal
Glogerfestspiele, Kongsberg
Luagna&Losna Theaterfestival, Feldkirch
Imaginale Figurentheaterfestival, Stuttgart und Schorndorf
Festival Panoptikum, Europäisch-Bayerischen Kindertheaterfestival,
Nürnberg
FAST, International Contemporary Creation Festival, Terni
Internationales
Figurentheaterfestival Erlangen
Eigenreich,
Berlin
Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg (TAK)
Freie Volksbühne Berlin
Toihaus Theater Salzburg
Kasematten Theater Luxemburg
Internationales Figurentheaterfestival, Meppel
Montforthaus Feldkirch
Filmmuseum München
Filmuseum Frankfurt
Filmclub 813, Köln
Metropolis Kino, Hamburg
Brotbabrik, Bonn
Lichtspiel, Bern
Lichtspiel Bamberg
Societätstheater Dresden
Schaubudensommer Dresden
Staatstheater Hannover
Thik, Baden
Theater der Jungen Welt, Leipzig
Hessisches Landestheater Marburg
Greizer Theaterherbst
PAZZ-Festival,
Staatstheater
Oldenburg
Wunder der Prärie, Intern. Festival Mannheim
Plateaux, Neue Positionen intern. darstellender Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg/Schweiz
Temps d’Image, Marne-la-Vallée
Depot, Staatstheater Stuttgart
Fraunhofer Theater, München
Theater Konstanz
Perspectives, Deutsch-Französisches Festival, Saarbrücken
Interfilm, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Berlin
34. Internatinaal Filmfestival van Vlaanderen/Almost Cinema, Ghent
Theater Minard, Ghent
Bukovina Centrum, Tschernowitz
Bayerisches Haus, Odessa
Deutsches Kulturinstitut Temeswar
Deutsches Kulturinstitut Klausenburg
Deutsches Kulturzentrum Iasi
Qendra Multimedia, Pristina
Kulturzentrum Tocka, Skopje
brut, Koproduktionshaus, Wien
Einstein Forum, Potsdam
Theater Kikker, Utrecht
On Y Danse Tout En Rond-Festival, Brüssel
Theater Frascati, Amsterdam
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