3hd 2023: Let Them Eat Cake
Oct 27 – 28, 2023 | Berlin
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
www.3hd-festival.com
Participating artists: Arvida Byström, Caique Tizzi, Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Élie Autin, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Krista Papista, Ludwig Wandinger, Martins Kohout, Odete
An epic two-night cabaret banquet, “Eat the Rich” at HAU Hebbel am Ufer approaches various modes of delightful resistance through music and performance, conversation and food. It’s named after the popular political slogan often used in opposition to wealth inequality, and commonly attributed to 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, then popularized during the French Revolution. A similar sentiment of dissatisfaction with the current order drives both evenings’ set menu, hosted by 3hd and responding to the violence of normativity, colonization, social upheaval, and the erasure of personal and queer histories.
The eight “course” dinner theater transforms the HAU2 performance space into a sophisticated scene of artists navigating a chaotic landscape marked by death and decay, beauty and power. It’s directed towards giving voice to that which has been silenced through food—somewhat like Rousseau’s otherwise gruesome metaphor warning, “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” There’ll be no munching on the moneyed class here, except in the event’s narratives of dissent, autonomy, and cultural expression facilitated through the social role of communal feasting.
Image by Claire Barrow
3hd 2023 is organized by Creamcake, and made possible with the support of the Senate Department for Culture and Community and in collaboration with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
