Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum Mumbai, Mumbai (India)
"Through this exhibition, Heiner orchestrates a compelling symphony, dissolving the boundaries between theatre and visual art. Challenging conventional modes of viewing, 'Landscape Plays' invites visitors to move beyond passive observation and actively navigate the interplay of light, sound and movement. In doing so, the exhibition frames the Museum as a dynamic space, continuing our commitment to contemporary interventions that expand its narrative."

Tasneem Mehta
Managing Trustee & Director,
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Curatorial Advisor for the exhibition.

Landschaftsstücke/Landscape Plays
3 ch sound, 5 ch video

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum Mumbai, Mumbai (India)
A SOLO EXHIBITION BY HEINER GOEBBELS

The exhibition 'Landscape Plays' draws inspiration from the dramatic theory of American author Gertrude Stein (1874–1946). Heiner Goebbels’ works situate contemporary sound within the praxis of performing and visual art through the creation of site-specific immersive installations. Visitors are invited to move beyond passive recognition of sounds and images and actively navigate the interplay of light, sound, and movement.

Athen (Greece)
Heiner Goebbels / Michael Simon
SCHLIEMANN III

Schliemann III is an attempt to create spaces for the experience of the audience, that can re-examine our perception of history. The starting point is the reconstruction of a plan of Troy, which—with its nine discovered layers—was taken from Heinrich Schliemann's diary-like account of the excavations at Troy between 1871 and 1873.

In the warehouses of the Epidaurus Festival in Piraeus, several Greek voices, performers, and musicians interact with a disparate textual and musical material consisting of quasi-ancient intonations and text fragments from the Iliad, excerpts from Les Troyennes, an opera by Hector Berlioz, as well as folk songs, electronic sound samples, and pre-recorded tracks.



This results in several distinct "excavations", because this performance with its sources not only refers to Heinrich Schliemann's attempt to locate the remains of Troy, but has also taken on various site-specific forms in the past: an initial staged installation by Michael Simon and Heiner Goebbels called Newton's Casino, which premiered in 1990 at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt. And a realization entitled Ergotaxia Schliemann, created 1997 in cooperation with Diplous Eros in Athens: all this leads us now to Schliemann III.



In addition Heiner Goebbels also created a purely acoustic, award-winning radio composition Schliemann's Radio in 1993. In cooperation with some of those involved at the time, Heiner Goebbels and Michael Simon will now develop a new attempt to unfold the idea of interpenetrating historical layers into a parcours through the warehouses in Piraeus.

Radialsystem, Berlin (Germany)
staged concert with Ensemble Klang, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and Keir Neuringer
WALDEN