Stadtbesetzung: Permanent offene Hose

In her performance Permanently open trousers, Inga Krüger dedicates herself to the shortest river in Germany. Like the river, her narrative style meanders, creating a special connection with the audience. The audience is not only carried along by her flow of words, but is also actively taken on a mental journey, as conscious inconsistencies and word plays create a sense of anticipation for the next twist in the performance. The artist speaks amplified, but above all she amplifies what speaks at a place. For this, she positions herself in front of the city library, right next to the babbling Pader, with a view of the Kaiserpfalz and the cathedral. Equipped with a microphone, Inga Krüger takes in the place in a unique, wordy way and questions the relationship between humans and the river.
With empathy for the short river, she delves into its history, location and use with a good mix of knowledge and beneficial ignorance.
Inga Krüger sees language as a vehicle for thinking and understanding the world around us and interprets the performative act of speech as a form of urban occupation. Permanently open trousers is a performative intervention on the Pader that encourages a brief and refreshing look at
the flowing water.

The performance is being staged in cooperation with the Paderborn Municipal Museums and Galleries. It is supported by the Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh as part of the Stadtbesetzung program.

The third and final performance will take place as part of the finissage of the exhibition I am the river.