How do the residents experience and describe their everyday lives? How do they live? What visions do they have of living and living together in the future? And what happens when these wishes are shaped in a shared temporary living situation?

Over the course of a year, Stefan Nolte and Oliver Gather will explore urban structural issues at the micro-political level of housing and living together in Heilbronn.

In the first of three consecutive public phases, the team will use the mobile “Heimatlabor” to explore specific housing situations in three very different districts of Heilbronn. Using photos, sound recordings, videos and interviews, more than 50 residential portraits were created, from residents of a homeless shelter to winery owners, from large Turkish families to multi-generational houses.

In phase 2, the “Heimatlabor” container in the theater foyer will become an exhibition space. Over the course of several weeks, the results of the research will be presented here as designed portraits of the city districts.

In the final phase, “Wohnzeit” transforms a large, empty shopping market in the city center into “an apartment for Heilbronn” – built from the living situations and wishes of Heilbronn residents – animated by voices, house ghosts and the activities of the residents themselves. Every hour, two actors will guide the audience through the different living situations in Heilbronn. The result is a utopian meeting place for these very different parts of the city, where people can cook and eat, make music, discuss, play, design and sleep for nine days and nights.

Blog: https://wohnzeit.wordpress.com/

Supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Heimspiel Fund

Concept and realization: Stefan Nolte / Oliver Gather