The cherries atop of the IKF cake

Do you want to be fascinated by exhibitions, installations, performances, unusual objects and machines? Then take the time to discover them! You will find our installations in the central foyer and foyer.

 

Installations 2025

Artist/Ensemble VenueShowcase time
LaPoesia / DEZF01Tuesday, 21.1.25, 15.30 - 16.25 Uhr
Margaretes Schneiderei / DEZF06

Tuesday, 21.1.2025, 10.40 - 11.00 Uhr,

Floristik Fantastik / DEZF05Wensday, 22.1.25, 13.10 - 13.30 Uhr

Histoire d'eux / FR

The illustrious theater of the Sabbattini brothers

Central Foyer ZF02 | www.histoire-deux.com

Enter the illustrious Sabbattini brothers' theater, one of Europe's most beautiful and undoubtedly smallest Italian-style theaters. Through the adventures of Baron Münchhausen, relive the great emotions of 18th-century theater!

LaPoesia / DE

Andiamo - Let's go!

Central Foyer ZF01 | www.lapoesia.de

Showcase Time: Dienstag, 21.1.25, 15.30 - 16.25 Uhr, ZF01

Like an old itinerant theater, LaPoesia goes on tour with a circus wagon.

LaPoesia's latest production takes the audience into the world of the 'Traveling People' - “Young man wanted to travel with”. And there he is, the young man! The LaPoesia family unfolds a high-spirited play with the talented, somewhat bizarre new fellow traveler. The artists tell their stories with passionate use of their skills: with flying balls, floating musicians and artistic brilliance. The ensemble enchants its audience with unbridled creativity about the big stories of everyday life and the small observations of life. With smooth acrobatics, rousing music, a good dose of humor and captivating poetry, they whisk the audience away into their magical world.

 

Théâtre de la Toupine / FR

LE PIANOTEUR - The ecological bicycle orchestra

Foyer F06 | www.theatre-toupine.org

Present your audience with mobile musical fireworks! When the charming pianist on three wheels surprisingly comes rocking around the corner, it smokes, bubbles and snows. The artist of this wonderful good mood walk act conjures up the music his audience wants to hear with great sensitivity. The master of the keys has rock'n'roll, electro, jazz, metal, pop, musette, funk, blues, soul, rap, reggae... in his luggage. The creator of the Vélo-Orchestra dug deep into the casket of recycled musical instruments and provided this cycling musician with the tools to delight people in villages and cities. The creative and spiritual head of the Théâtre de la Toupine from Evian-les-Bains - Alain Benzoni - has been creating and presenting people with dreamlike “spectacles” that travel internationally since 1977.

Ensemble Kroft / DE

The "forest orchestra" a sound space

Foyer F05www.waldorchester.de

The forest orchestra artfully brings the magic of the forest into the city.
A forest ranger invites guests into a special kind of sound space, as a specially developed soundtrack fills the installation.
Forest sounds mingle with the passing sounds of various instruments.Something is running through the undergrowth. Aren't these wild ducks quacking rhythmically? A thunderstorm arises and disappears in soft piano sounds.
Visitors can add their own sound to this finely crafted acoustic space. With sound instruments that can be discovered in the installation.
There are only delicate tones, so that everyone can sound together like in a large forest orchestra.
Or guests can simply relax on beautiful deckchairs and enjoy the time and the special place.

An installation by Ensemble Kroft

 

Floristik Fantastik / DE

Floristik Fantastik - Paules little flower store

Central Foyer ZF05www.floristik-fantastik.de

Showcase Time: Mi., 22.1.25, 13:10 - 13:30 Uhr, ZF07

It will be artistic, it will be musical and, above all, it will be hilarious! The old-fashioned market stall is run by an eccentric florist, and the business is kept alive by his daughter.
The business is kept alive by his daughter. It alternates between atmospheric musical numbers and top artistic performances, which humorously show human conflicts between the
human conflicts that we are probably all familiar with. Between between tightrope walking, partner acrobatics, suspenders, Chinese pole and juggling, the plot
also digresses into the surreal. There is also the surprise of a third performer, who is the supposed duo from the audience! You will laugh, you will be amazed and and above all, they will want to have a father and daughter like that.
 

Toc de Fusta / ES

Arrels

Centralfoyer ZF07 | www.espectaclespectacular.com

A participative installation that takes us on a journey through play and traditions. "Arrels", the last production of the Company Toc de Fusta, is a participatory street installation made up of sixteen structures and games inspired by various cultural traditions. This new proposal, premiered on September 2024, is a journey to the essence of the game, where tradition is intertwined with creativity and basic mechanics. "Arrels" is an amazing collection of original games, each with its own story and character, directly tied to the tradition in which they are inspired. The experience proposed in "Arrels" is intuitive and free, the public is invited to interact with the games without instructions, letting curiosity be the engine of the proposal. The collection has been thought for children from 2 years old and up.

Cia. Holoqué /ES

Steam Pinballs

Foyer F01 www.holoque.es

Participatory mixed reality installation where performing arts, crafts and immersive technology mix.

The creators of the pinballs with a steampunk aesthetic, the brothers Doing and Cloing, travel from a parallel dimension to introduce us to their artifacts, five handmade pinballs that will make you travel to five different worlds. Spectators put on a retro-futuristic helmet with which they will live a holographic and virtual experience in each of the different pinballs through the game in the real environment, augmented reality in an interactive environment and their own skills.

Each pinball has a different shape and hides a different story... for example, the chest hides a treasure but to find it you’ll have to save yourself from different dangers while a pirate will try to help you. Are you ready? Put on the helmet!

 

KALUMALU / DE

Margarete's Tailorshop

Central Foyer ZF06 | www.funus-memoriae.de

Showcase Time: Dienstag, 21.1.2025, 10.40 - 11.00 Uhr, ZF06

"Margarete's Tailorshop" rescues clothes and gets the production back to the village. The audience empties their wardrobes and becomes part of the production process.
Up to seven pieces of clothing may be donated to be given away, made prettier or to be recycled.
Kasimir and Margarete open the event with a sowing-machine ballet-performance and make sure that everybody finds a job.
Cutting, tearing, weaving, ironing, sowing, measuring, cord making and waving little flags.
The performance ends with a presentation of the goods created. A pleasure to be part of or witness. Lets delve into the textile adventure.
The project can be performed for and with 2 to 100 spectators. As a theatrical event for 60 to 90 minutes or as an animated installation for 2 to 6 hours. It works on its own or as part of a festival.

restvorm/ UK

Fiesta!

Foyer F08 | www.restvorm.nl

Fiesta! invites people to make a Mexican garland together and a connection between different places of the festival.
Anyone can join in. Take a piece of the crinoline and cut beautiful patterns into it. The
shapes are sewn together and the emptier the lady's crinoline becomes, the fuller and longer the garland becomes.
Time for a party.


*Walk-act|interactive installation
*For young and old
*inside and outside
*With music

Save the date 2026

The International Kulturbörse Freiburg 2026 will take place from 26 to 28 January 2026.
 

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