Paul Spengemann Ⓓ
SPIN JUMP CRAWL CLIMB DREAM BITE HUNT

In Spengemann’s laser show, an eight-legged creature comes to life. An animation translated into light conjures up a completely unique world of images. A fantasy that is connected to the troubled real world and is a tale of loneliness and being lost.

Paul Spengemann creates creatures and has them tell stories. For his new work he has created a character that is moving into the Berg Fidel sports hall during the FLURSTÜCKE festival. While, normally, basketball or volleyball Bundesliga matches take place there, attracting thousands of visitors with a lot of action and commotion, it is now an eight-legged creature that invites them to visit the huge hall during the off-season.

As if it had just arrived from another world, this creature seems confused. The space so large, itself so small—it gets tangled up in thought. A sense of loneliness and forlornness coincide with a large public arena. What in the world is going on in this place where people are always facing each other, competing against each other, following their very own set of rules? And there is so much space to spin nets. But what exactly do those nets imply that already exist here, those appearing from time to time only to disappear again? Is there some­one to be afraid of?