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Inanna & Gilgamesch

a myth narrated in images, writings, and percussion for changgu and gongs (very few title cards in German but understandable for non-german speakers)

Fr 9/17 | 8pm | former silent film theatre [ticket reservation]

tickets: € 10/7

45 minutes - images, text, projection: Silke Kruse - composition and live music: Il-Ryun Chung

Every year, the Goddess Inanna takes someone new to be King at her side. The wild Enkindu must defeat the present King Gilgamesh in battle in order to overthrow him. However, as the battle ends with no victor, they become friends. Inanna proclaims the renewal of her "Holy Marriage" with Gilgamesh, however Gilgamesh has other ideas. Humiliated, Inanna sets the Holy Bull on him, but together Gilgamesh and Enkindu manage to kill the bull. In an act of revenge, Inanna kills Enkindu. Now Gilgamesh has a long journey in front of him...

Silke Kruse is a painter. Nevertheless it is not the finished piece of work that occupies her, but the process of creation and the altering and vanishing of the paintings themselves, which creates a unique performance and theatre. The story Inanna and Gilgamesh by Silke Kruse dates back to the Akkadien Gilgamesh epic, from the 12th century B.C., which is comprised of fragments of other Near Eastern Gilgamesh poetry as well as Sumerian and Akkadien lyrical poetry.

Il-Ryun Chung is a composer, percussionist and guitarist. The Changgu, a large hourglass-shaped drum, as well as small gongs are original instruments in Korean country- and folk music. In this tradition contemporary SamulNori percussion music is added, for which Il-Ryun Chung is famous for as well as for the Korean epic singing form Pansori.

Website: www.silke-kruse.de | www.ilryunchung.com