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Baltrum 2024

6. – 22. November 2024

In this year’s Baltrum project “Octopus.”, the association ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. traveled to the North Sea island of Baltrum with almost 40 young artists from 6 different countries and a team of professional artistic coaches. Between saltwater and sand dunes, they nestled on the edge of a nature reserve in the premises of the BK-Heim to follow the impulses and feelings that arise from working with the eight-legged creatures.

Are you interested in taking part in this year’s Baltrum project? Then take a look at rrcgn.de/join and register for the ROOTS & ROUTES Match Days!

Foto © Darius Matonis

9 brains, 3 hearts, 8 tentacles.
Highly intelligent shape-shifters that populated the oceans of our planet even before the dinosaurs. Even today, these wondrous creatures have lost nothing of their peculiarity; as the subject of ancient myths, current documentaries and futuristic science fiction, they can be placed at the center of attention again and again as a symbol.
From multitasking to adaptation, from community to love and self-healing – there are no limits to the interpretations of the participants in this experimental artistic exchange.

From November 6 to 22, 2024, 40 young artists from 6 countries will work together. In internationally mixed creative groups, they will develop thematic short films, music clips and experimental media works: Within two weeks on the North Sea island of Baltrum, in a self-catering house on the edge of a nature reserve, where the entire group lives, cooks, sleeps, eats, discusses and produces together.
The resulting short films, live performances, installations, songs and/or music videos were presented to the public at the final presentation in Cologne!
The final presentation took place on November 21 in the iJuLa room (Herthastraße 50) in Cologne-Zollstock.

Videos of previous Baltrum projects

Baltrum News

Statements from Participants

Funding

#Octopus24 is an RRCGN project and is funded by the EU Erasmus+ Youth program and the City of Cologne. International project partners are Empreinte Lille/France, Synergy of Music Theatre Larissa/Greece, Centro di Creazione e Cultura Florence/Italy, KITKC Kaunas/Lithuania and Blues Derneği Istanbul/Turkey.