MS DOCKVILLE FESTIVAL 2013 · DOCUMENTATION by MS DOCKVILLE FESTIVAL

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DOCU M E NTATION WILHELMSBURG | HAMBURG

MS DOCKVILLE FESTIVAL Musik: 130 bands & DJs, 49 of which were international acts; Art: 15 artists and artistic collectives from 11 different countries; Poetry slam: 12 German-speaking poetry slammers presented by Kampf der Künste e.V.; Free trade area: 33 DIY stands; Visitors: Around about 25,000 visitors from all over Germany and neighboring countries The dazzling MS DOCKVILLE Summer 2013 has passed. Once again, the three-day MS DOCKVILLE Festival constituted its impressive ending. All elements of the MS DOCKVILLE Summer convened in this event and were further supplemented by the performances of 130 bands and DJs as well as twelve poetry slammers. Current pop and sociocultural trends thus found a platform for presentation. The performance venues and stages, that had been constructed by hand in the weeks prior to the Festival, such as the wooden “Butterland”, the container installation “Nest” or the newly erected “Klüse” featuring a view on the River Elbe again officiated as MS DOCKVILLE trademarks. In the framework of the Daughterville Festival, of Lüttville, the Art Camp and SPEKTRUM, these performance spaces were already erected and used prior to the actual Festival. A concentration of cultural diversity and artisanal craftwork unmatched to date has developed into a fixed constant and flagship quality of the MS DOCKVILLE. The stage ensemble was complemented by the panoramic “Klüse” this year. It offered DJs, small bands, and especially the audience a beautiful view at wee hours: the sunrise over the River Elbe. The diversity of the lineup and the compilation of established and fresh, new bands time and again dominated the acoustic appearance of the Festival. Be it renowned bands such as Foals, Woodkid, Mac Miller, and Crystal Fighters or young and largely celebrated acts such as Haim, Milky Chance, Mø, Xul Zolar, and Oddisee – each and every single band contributed to a successful festival in their own right. A top-class nightly program ensured excessive dance sessions on numerous stages this time around again: Wankelmut (John Talabot), Slow Magic, and RSS Disco (Cosmic DJ) are just a few of the live acts which helped turn the MS DOCKVILLE nights into days and transferred the club to an outdoor arena. The Art Camp, which had taken place several weeks prior to the Festival, did not only leave visual traces on the Festival context: The project “Sprawling Spots” (ger. “Wucherpunkte”) by Frl. Wunder AG led the Festival visitors to Wilhelmburg’s secluded weedy off-spots by bike. These places, however, were worth discovering new perspectives and joint actions in. The Hamburg-based artistic collective Krautzungen also won over the audience once again. Their “Gallery of the Day” (ger. “Galerie des Tages”) saw new weed-inspired exhibits be added every day, ranging from Dadaistic poetry and stinging nettles to turbo techno. The guided walking tours were the way to go for those who did not want to miss out on any of the artworks, even those hidden in overgrown corners. The communicators unconventionally led the visitors across the Festival grounds to installations and interventions, all the while fostering the exchange between walkers and artists. By tradition, the poetry slam was again part of the MS DOCKVILLE Festival. Twelve slammers from Germany competed against each other in Saturday’s and Sunday’s poetry slams. Patrick Salmen, who sent the audience at the well-frequented venue into raptures, came out as winner this year. In addition to on-stage performances, fine and performative arts as well as the poetry slam, various other dinghy-like projects were on board, too: the free trade area harbored 33 small do-it-yourself stands sel-

ling knickknacks to sticklers for detail, far from any commercial mass-consumerism orientation. The MS DOCKVILLE cash office, which connected the gangway to the Festival terrain, perfectly complemented the Festival. Having charitable organizations such as Viva von Agua, One or Laut gegen Nazis present raised awareness for the support of non-profit and caritative agendas while allowing for the collection of donations. The Festival continues to be unique in its orientation. Since its inception, it has been a real concern for MS DOCKVILLE to integrate art into a music festival. This idea has spread to other festival formats but the MS DOCKVILLE concept in all its sustainably intermeshed beauty remains a novelty and continues to be one-of-a-kind among the host of festivals out there. The MS DOCKVILLE Festival, to us, is and will be an idea generator, impulse catalyst, and presentation platform for numerous novel projects in the pop and socio-cultural arena. Sustainable MS DOCKVILLE We assume full responsibility for our actions as cultural and social agents, particularly with regard to the greater Hamburg area and especially the district of Wilhelmsburg. We perceive sustainability to be rooted in three spheres: the social, the ecological, and the cultural one. A festival inevitably leaves behind negative ecological traces. It has to be our pronounced objective to keep this to a minimum and to raise the visitors’ awareness for the said issue. A festival of such dimensions has remarkable potential as a platform for social and ecological agendas and to push creative and social processes forward. We intend to do so in the framework of our various cooperation projects, such as our charitable kids’ recreational summer time Lüttville, which is part of the Festival, or our Daughterville Festival, which is organized by young Wilhelmsburg residents.

ECOLOGICAL DIMENSION

Mobility 3,500 bike parking racks Bike rentals (in cooperation with KonzertKultour): around the clock up to 30 bicycles were rented. Roughly 1,000 visitors took advantage of this offer. The introduction of a bike check/service was also very well received. 14,950 shuttle tickets were sold Food service 50% of food stalls had organic food on offer; 37.5% of food stalls had vegetarian or vegan products on offer; 69% of food stalls were regionally sourced Electricity 85% of electricity consumed this year was sourced from fixed current

Festival, such as backstage and at the food stalls. SOCIAL DIMENSION

Lüttville 160 kids; 150 of which were permanently present; 130 of which were from districts south of River Elbe; Age range from 5 to 14 years (on average 8.5 years) 13 creative workshops in cooperation with nine partners: Klangstrolche, Lüttville magazine, circus workshop, photographic experiments, building workshop, painting workshop, Capoeira, artistic kraut vehicle, scrap grows like topsy, short film academy, new style, theatre, rap. Budget: approx. EUR 45,000 (~ EUR 281 funding per kid)

Decomposable toilets Waste reduction/prevention 28% less printed paper compared to the previous year; 100% of tableware made of PLA; Waste separation was introduced for selected parts of the

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

Viva con Agua Information booth about the organization; collecting donations via returnable cups

and acquiring artists as project partners. Result: total number of cups: 1,301 cups collected. EUR 1,574.79 worth of donations through collecting donated returnable cups and through additional donations. The donations will be channeled to the BLU UGA project in Uganda. One Deutschland „ONE at Dockville Festival: it was a great success! We had lots of interesting conversations about possible better development politics.The interest and enthusiasm at our information booth were extraordinary great. We are deeply grateful to the Dockville crew for the invitation and we would love to come back next year!“ Laut gegen Nazis Information booth about the organization and information about current association events. Many positive talks and many newly registered members. Reduced admission fee for river islet inhabitants People from Wilhelmsburg and

Veddel were invited to make use of a reduced price for the entrance ticket to the Festival. 1,300 residents benefitted from this offer. CULTURAL DIMENSION

Fine and performative arts 15 artists and artistic collectives from Austria, BosniaHerzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turkey, and the United States; 11 of which were installations and 6 of which were performances Art conveyance/ qualitative feedback 15 communicators, 132 guided walks, 4 of which were kids’ guided walks; 4 speakers at table talks Bands & DJs at the Festival 130 bands & DJs; 81 of which from Germany; 49 of which from abroad Poetry slam 12 German-speaking poetry slammers

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"THREE DAYS OF FUN WITH GOOD MUSIC, WITH HAPPY AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE” Hamburger Morgenpost

"WHO HOLDS OUT TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING ENDS UP BEING A RICHLY REWARDED WITH E BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE ABOV THE HARBOUR” SHZ

"… IN THE COMING THREE DAYS WE‘LL LOCK THE CITY OUT. ALICE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THIS PLACE TO HER WONDERLAND.” chalalit.com

ht autiful nig "what a be al! kville Festiv at the Doc ♥” again thank you Alle Farben

"Hamburg-City inventing Crowd-Camping. Roughneck Style!” DJ KOZE

"God damn! @dockville, we haven‘t stopped smiling yet. Last night was one of the best so far. All the best, -R” Rangleklods

For a download of the entire press review, see here: http://tinyurl.com/DV2013-PS The MS DOCKVILLE Festival is a project of: Kopf & Steine GmbH Max-Brauer-Allee 277, 22769 Hamburg, Germany www.msdockville.de | www.fb.com/dockville Managing Directors: Frank Diekmann, Enno Arndt Booking: Enno Arndt, Annika Hintz, booking@dockville.de Press & cooperations: Jean Rehders, Jean.Rehders@dockville.de, Sponsoring: Jean Rehders, Frank Diekmann, sponsoring@dockville.de Art Camp: Dorothee Halbrock, Susanne Schick, kunst@dockville.de Text & editorial team: Laura Sarau, Janna Rath, Anna Wahdat, Jean Rehders Picture: Moritz Piehler, Tim Kaiser, Layout: yytt.de Many thanks to our promoters, sponsors and partners: