... sometimes he delayed his reconstruction, waiting eagerly for total annihilation with hope in nothingness, the unending pause, or out of fear of victory, which could only be won by the total annihilation of the animal, which was his residence, except perhaps for the nothingness which waited for him or for noone; in the white silence, which announced the beginning of the final round, he learned to read the always different building-plan of the machine, which he was stopped being was again different with every glance grasp step, and that he thought changed wrote it with the handwriting of his labors and deaths.
(Heiner Müller)
Performance, 35 minutes.
Herakles 2 / Hydra is a collaboration between Ana Berkenhoff (performance) and Tobias Rosenberger (directing).
Song / Guitar: René Rothert (after Text by Schiller and Music by Eisler)
performed during the "International Heiner Müller Symposium" in Giessen (ATW, 2008), the "Herbstfestival der Hessischen Theaterakademie" in Frankfurt (Hfmdk, 2008) and the symposium "Unter dem Blick der Sphinx. Arbeiten mit und nach Heiner Müller.." in Essen (Pact, 2009).
Further performances in 2009 as third part of the 1 hour performance "3 x Müller" in Frankfurt (Mousonturm), Hamburg (Körber Studio Junge Regie, Thalia Gaußstr.) and Leipzig (Lofft, Tanzofensive).