A musical-documentary memorial by the Marc Sinan Company and the Documentation Center Nazi Forced Labor

INFO //

The project HUMAN COMMODITY – WARE MENSCH commemorates 99 selected sites of forced labor in Berlin with an interactive app and makes the stories of 99 forced laborers audible. In addition to central historical information, musicians present the pieces composed by Marc Sinan. The 99 audio miniatures are representative of all victims of Nazi forced labor.

The Memorial will debut in two parts on September 17, 2022. A ceremony will be held at the Documentation Center Nazi Forced Labor starting at 2 p.m. – with lectures, music and guided tours of the site. In addition, sound artist Kaffe Matthews has developed a Sonic Bike Opera specifically for the project. You can experience this from 3 pm. The starting point is the Documentation Center Nazi Forced Labor.

In the SPREEHALLE Berlin you can experience a photo exhibition on Human Commodity starting at 5 pm and the opening concert of the Marc Sinan Company at 6 pm.

MUSICAL MINIATURES LIVE //

In the form of musical miniatures five selected locations will be presented by musicians of the Marc Sinan Company on September 17. recorded live:

15:00 & 16:00 // Pedestrian bridge // S-Bahn station Warschauer Str., Friedrichshain // Daniel Eichholz (drums) // Adriano Henseler (lyrics)

15:00 & 16:00 // Konzerthaus // Gendarmenmarkt 3-4, 10117 Mitte //

Susanne Fröhlich (flute) // Lea Marie Pohl (lyrics)

15:15 & 16:15 // AEG-Gelände // Reinbeckstr. 16, 12459  Oberschöneweide // OğuzBüyükberber (clarinet)

14.30 & 15.45 // Humboldt Forum // Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Mitte // Meinrad Kneer (double bass) // Antonia Wiedemann (text)

15:30 & 16:30 // Tempelhofer Feld // Coordinates: 52°28’15.7 “N 13°25’14.3 “E // Vladimir Blagojević (accordion) // Maurice Läbe (lyrics)