Yes, it’s my final evening here before travelling back tomorrow afternoon, and straight back into all things Crescent with a meeting in the evening.
Today started with a little shopping (not much with the exchange rate being what it is) then a gentle wander around the Museum Ludwig which houses the most superb collection of modern art. I drooled over the Mondrian, scoffed at the Warhol and mused about where it was that Picasso lost his way. Ooooo controversy!
Then I had a meeting with Rainer Hoffman, kurator of the theatre festival. Over a couple of coffees we chatted about organising events, attracting visiting companies and the issues that inevitably arise in these situations.
Then I took in a video installation which – for once – was actually worth sitting and looking at. Then I met up with Rainer again and we paid a visit to LAUTER KÖLNER WÜNSCHE which was a shop where wishes were being received from the good people of Köln. The wishes were being processed, and there were wish ‘rituals’ and a large white rabbit. I thought at first it might be Harvey, but I don’t think he was quite 6′ 1.5″. Pity that.
Tonight it was the final show on my programme which Rainer had put together for me before I came over: performed with puppets, in Korean (but with German surtitles) it was called DER BERLINER GAETTONG and was based on a Korean myth but reflected the shared fate of Germans and Koreans of living in a divided country. It was a wonderful piece of theatre – funny and moving and a beautifully told story.
So as I wind up here in Köln, there’s just time for a final G&T at the bar. I hope you’ve found travel diary interesting on some level or other.
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