The wishing well
a co-production by: La Strada Graz, Mezzanin Theater Graz, and aXe Graz
Do you hear it?
What?
The sea.
No, we’re in the middle of the city.
Listen closely.
Do you hear it now?
It wants to tell you a story.
A well, right in the middle of the city,
and if you listen very carefully
if you listen deep inside
you can hear them:
the stories from the sea.
The stories from the city.
The stories from you.
You can dive deep into a world
of dreams and hopes
and send your wishes
into the well and into the sea.
The artists Natascha Grasser and Patrick Dunst, in collaboration with Mezzanin Theater, aXe, and La Strada Graz, demonstrate how a fountain in the city can be transformed into a sea of dreams.
The fountain at Karmeliterplatz becomes an interactive stage. Through this website, visitors can contribute their thoughts in real-time.
Physical impulses and interventions are integrated live into the composition and can be experienced by immersing a listening tube at the water's surface.
The sound installation explores individual and collective dreams, wishes, and hopes. Actress Susanne Lipinski brings these dreams "ashore" through a performance of texts by author Fiston Mwanza Mujila.