What is important? What was important? What are some of the most important events in my life from today’s point of view? What portrait do I draw when I describe ten events? Mats Staub’s new long term project is an invitation to all of us to answer these questions. On www.zehn-wichtigsteereignisse-meines-lebens.net a place is built in which only events are mentioned that are among the most important life events of a person. Anyone can participate anytime.
The project starts as a coproduction together with ACT, the association of independent theatre artists (Verband der freien Theaterschaffenden) which celebrates its 30st anniversary in 2013. The biographies of theatre artists and spectators are portrayed at important places of the independent theatre scene – a collection of unique and full-sized posters.
In March to be seen at the Gessnerallee, the Fabriktheater, the Theater Winkelwiese and at the Theater Rigiblick.
Instructions: To complete the following points do not use more than two hours of your time. You can work on them for several days but make sure to finish within one week.
By using the web form at www.zehn-wichtigste-ereignisse-meines-lebens.net you’ll make our job of compiling the entries a lot easier.
1. Write down today’s date and the current time.
2. Write down your first name and your year of birth.
3. In chronological order, write down all the places you have lived in. Mark the one(s) you are currently living in.
4. In chronological order, write down all the jobs you have had. Mark the current one(s).
5. Choose ten most important events of your life. They do not have to be THE most important events but ten important ones that you want to include in this list today.
6. Describe each event as briefly as possible. Try to only describe the actual moment the event took place in. There is no need to add comments or explanations. Use the present tense and write in the first person.
7. Bring the events into chronological order. Date the events with month and year. If you do not know the exact month an event took place, guess it.
8. Change all the names that should not be recognizable. You can change your name as well.
9. Note today’s date and the current time at the very bottom.
10. Send your list to redaktion@zehn-wichtigste-ereignisse-meineslebens.net (or submit the form online).
