Roman Ole, Luki von der Gracht, Josie Haar, Benji Wohlrab & Hansol "Bobo" Kim
DIE HÄSSLICHEN VÖGEL
9. October –
9. October 2019
9. October 20:00
Staged by DISAPPEARING BERLIN.
Quartier 206
Friedrichstr. 71, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
This Wednesday, Die Hässlichen Vögel perform between marble mosaic and gold splendour and sing of freedom, love and abandonment. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the area around Friedrichstrasse and Gendarmenmarkt promised to replace the Kurfürstendamm as the luxury shopping mile for the new Berlin. In 1997, Quartier 206, built by the New York architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, opened its doors. With its free-floating marble staircase and a glass construction based on the Louvre pyramid, it was conceived as Berlin’s most exclusive luxury arcade. With its faux art deco splendour, the glamorous commercial property was to tie in with Berlin’s golden twenties. But Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton have long since moved out again, the shopping temple has been under forced administration since 2011 and after Department Store 206 – the sophisticated heart of the quarter – closed in 2017, only Holmes Place is still at home here. The avant-garde punk band Die Hässlichen Vögel will clash with the marble pomp in the middle of the floating staircase. The band from Schöneberg refuses genre classifications, does not release any music and is currently planning a tour through prisons.
Cast: Roman Ole, Luki von der Gracht, Josie Haar, Benji Wohlrab, Hansol „Bobo“ Kim. The concert is co-organized by Dan DeNorch.