THE SEVENTH DAY
Feast of the Street for families and neighbours
And finally – the seventh day (June 29), the day of the Street’s Birthday, integration, family meeting, a neighbourhood gathering, a friendly feast full of music, dance, theatre, co-created by many hosts of the Sts. Peter and Paul Square. The day of return to what the common issues. The day of return to the idea of the first edition of the festival: The Busker Internationale.
Life Short Stories
For over twenty years, Matthias Romir has been creating short acts on the boundaries of juggling, object theatre, clowning and video art. At some point itoccurred to him that many of his works have an intrinsic connection, without having been planned that way. That’s how several short stories became one long one and Romir’s first feature-length programme. The full spectrum of his work unfolds in anintense rush of images.
Life is Short Stories is a collection of visual anecdotes about the meaning and madness of life. The stories are at times concrete, at times abstract; at times loud, at times quiet; at times silly, at times sombre; but they’re always comical and straight out of life. Almost entirely without words, the artist explores the sorrows, fears and hopes of a man who wants to be free from his constraints, yet is searching for a foothold.
Comical and full of melancholic poetry. („Schaffhauser Nachrichten”)
A Gesamtkunstwerk which the juggler’s skill releases from mere astonishment and the sheer pleasure of jugglery and instead embeds uncompromisingly into modernity … an outstanding programme. („Nürnberger Nachrichten”)
What it offers is the most beautiful poetisation of life. („Darmstädter Echo”)
Matthias Romir has upgraded good old juggling for the 21st century … The artist, a man driven. („Der Westen”)
Simply amazing! („Mittelhessische”)
Hard to describe with words. („Anzeiger Affoltern”)
Matthias Romir grew up with the European juggling-scene festivals. It was there that he came to know and love the stage as a child; he first performed his own piece at the tender age of 13. After studying special education in Würzburg and Budapest, he finally made his passion into his profession in 2008. Expressive Juggler / Depressing Clown / Contemporary Weirdo: that’s how the crossover artist describes his work. Along with solo work at theatres and street festivals, he also regularly lends a quirky touch to variety shows and cross-genre productions. He has toured with the Tiger Lillies' Freakshow, among others, and is currently working with Circus Quantenschaum. The passionate self-taught artist is known for his musical, narrative juggling style on the boundaries of clowning and object theatre, as well as his weird characters and profound black comedies.
written, directed and performed by: Matthias Romir
sound and light: Hannes Volk
videos: Matthias Romir, Anatoli Akerman
set design: Matthias Romir
costumes: Anna Kemp, Matthias Romir, Jane Romir
THE SEVENTH DAY
Feast of the Street for families and neighbours
And finally – the seventh day (June 29), the day of the Street’s Birthday, integration, family meeting, a neighbourhood gathering, a friendly feast full of music, dance, theatre, co-created by many hosts of the Sts. Peter and Paul Square. The day of return to what the common issues. The day of return to the idea of the first edition of the festival: The Busker Internationale.
Life Short Stories
For over twenty years, Matthias Romir has been creating short acts on the boundaries of juggling, object theatre, clowning and video art. At some point itoccurred to him that many of his works have an intrinsic connection, without having been planned that way. That’s how several short stories became one long one and Romir’s first feature-length programme. The full spectrum of his work unfolds in anintense rush of images.
Life is Short Stories is a collection of visual anecdotes about the meaning and madness of life. The stories are at times concrete, at times abstract; at times loud, at times quiet; at times silly, at times sombre; but they’re always comical and straight out of life. Almost entirely without words, the artist explores the sorrows, fears and hopes of a man who wants to be free from his constraints, yet is searching for a foothold.
Comical and full of melancholic poetry. („Schaffhauser Nachrichten”)
A Gesamtkunstwerk which the juggler’s skill releases from mere astonishment and the sheer pleasure of jugglery and instead embeds uncompromisingly into modernity … an outstanding programme. („Nürnberger Nachrichten”)
What it offers is the most beautiful poetisation of life. („Darmstädter Echo”)
Matthias Romir has upgraded good old juggling for the 21st century … The artist, a man driven. („Der Westen”)
Simply amazing! („Mittelhessische”)
Hard to describe with words. („Anzeiger Affoltern”)
Matthias Romir grew up with the European juggling-scene festivals. It was there that he came to know and love the stage as a child; he first performed his own piece at the tender age of 13. After studying special education in Würzburg and Budapest, he finally made his passion into his profession in 2008. Expressive Juggler / Depressing Clown / Contemporary Weirdo: that’s how the crossover artist describes his work. Along with solo work at theatres and street festivals, he also regularly lends a quirky touch to variety shows and cross-genre productions. He has toured with the Tiger Lillies' Freakshow, among others, and is currently working with Circus Quantenschaum. The passionate self-taught artist is known for his musical, narrative juggling style on the boundaries of clowning and object theatre, as well as his weird characters and profound black comedies.
written, directed and performed by: Matthias Romir
sound and light: Hannes Volk
videos: Matthias Romir, Anatoli Akerman
set design: Matthias Romir
costumes: Anna Kemp, Matthias Romir, Jane Romir