Opening Performance with SAUL: «There, years after»

Venue: In the exhibition

For the opening of the exhibition ‘This Is How The Light Remembers’ at the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, German author and composer Fabian Saul – under his stage name SAUL – will present the interdisciplinary performance ‘There, years after’. Together with spoken word artist Tanasgol Sabbagh, drummer Jonas Petry and bassist Franziska Aller, he will create a performance that combines narrative and sound, voice and atmosphere. Literature, music and performance intertwine to open up new artistic spaces.

In ‘There, years after’, SAUL's solo album “Homecoming” and his novel ‘Die Trauer der Tangente’ (The Sorrow of the Tangent) – also part of the exhibition – merge into a composition of music and language. His work explores the boundaries between language and sound: the voice becomes both a rhythmic foundation and a poetic call. SAUL combines the personal with the societal, intimacy with political urgency. In doing so, he questions established narratives and power structures and explores the transformative power of artistic expression.

Fabian Saul is an author, composer and musician. His works span various formats, including the audio series Schlechte Wörter and Stoff aus Luft. He is also editor-in-chief of Flaneur magazine, each issue of which is dedicated to a street somewhere in the world. Saul has received numerous awards, including the Alfred Döblin Medal, the Roger Willemsen Foundation Scholarship and the Harald Gerlach Sponsorship Award.

Tanasgol Sabbagh is an author of performance literature and poetry, as well as an established spoken word artist who performs at renowned venues such as the Volksbühne Berlin and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Her work combines performances, audio plays, video installations and musical collaborations. She is co-founder of the artist collective parallelgesellschaft and the audio literature magazine Stoff aus Luft, which promotes spoken and sound-based literature. She is also involved in writing workshops for young talents.

Franziska Aller studied electric bass at the Mainz University of Music, where she was greatly influenced by composer Jesse Milliner. She is now increasingly devoting herself to the double bass. As a bassist, she is active in various formations – from jazz quartets with Tony Lakatos to the experimental indie jazz rock band Conic Rose and orchestral ensembles. Her current projects include blue lion, Minority and Conic Rose.

Jonas Petry is a musician and curator for experimental music and sound art in Berlin and Leipzig. In addition to his solo project Nime, he forms the electroacoustic duo Nadelør with burgund t brandt and has collaborated with artists such as Khaled Kurbeh. From 2016 to 2023, he played in the jazz band Welten. His work also includes sound installations, audio walks and compositions for exhibitions and theatre.

• Languages: German and English
• No registration required
• The event is free of charge