Should be a good sets cause you turn to. God. Outside sub spoke is unrecognizable the city is empty the mood somber here nothing is as it should be and this is the festival celebrates its 100th anniversary direct democracy into has a has made the impossible possible some spoke is probably the only festival thats taking place despite corona to achieve it into voiceover work to sell to exhaustion if they are. If out and that is and we have to live with this violence its not just going to go away. And well find new ways mechanisms so we can still enjoy the culture the music the theater of the songs book festival to which people come from all over the world and some more for fear that mention. That. Spooky insults bog workers transport props for the festivals and you will highlight your demand. This years festival will very likely be the most unusual of its 100 g. History. Fruits and tenor a year at the festival will be shorter and smaller instead of 200 performances there will be 100 the number of venues has also been hot and the tickets often produced. These steps are all part of the festivals coronavirus plan. You have to learn ask when the festivals concert halls except when city injuring your performance and then you can take it off as you want and then we have a strict checkerboard rule. So once it is occupied in the next not and then the nets and see other way around. We have no breaks and no catering. What sets cause a fan to to is one of 2 operas on show the ensemble is small to give the individual sing this mood distance the whole production was put together from scratch in just 3 weeks. If you want to move its of the rising star of the music scene conducting mozart because if and 2 to marks a festival debut to take part shes had to have regular corona chests and her contact with others has been trusted reduced in spite of the young conductor is still getting a lot out of the experience. Its a huge gift to be able to take part this year when so many others are not able to and we get to make music and rehearse mozart here insults book and i have to say that the special way the rehearsals are set up and the concentration and yet protected atmosphere is something i like very much its great fun. The festival despite her own reminds many of the festivals founded nits back then in the wake of the 1st world war it started as a peace project with the very highest of artistic standards much of this sense of urgency can still be felt today. In the fish. Risky shift plus the festival is not just important for business but its also essential for the cultural identity of this city to organize such festivals. And from joe in the lock down it was a source of hope that many held on to to race this spirits. But what happens if after all this the festival has to be canceled. There wouldnt a Great Sadness only would it seems like it will be proud of the fact that at least we tried. Much as the people of south spoke but the whole musical world is now waiting to see what the would dare insults book festival june cobra pays off. So will it pay off ive got my colleague Melissa Holroyd here with me melissa festivals of the performing arts really all over the world are looking to see if this is going to work out and with an outbreak a new outbreak just down the road its possible that they still might have to cancel this thats right they might have to cancel it at the moment we are watching a much bigger production than anything thats going on insults vocal anywhere else its called how to put on a production how to put on a major festival during carona time thats what were really watching i think is kind of the fun to do there for a while no ok thats not the production were watching out now and we wont know whether it works until its really over and im sure the artistic director isnt going to rest until until its actually over thats thats when hes actually going to sleep and go ok we have done it ok so now besides just Wearing Masks melissa tell us what are they doing to make sure that the show can go on yeah i mean im sure as you can imagine actually putting on a show putting on a production involves people being very close to each other the musicians have to sit no cash to pick people have to be on stage people have to rehearse together so in order to get through this in a so we can actually see these people on stage fighting with each other kissing each other theyve been put into 3 color coded categories yes so you got the red category which is the orchestra and the singing is on the choir and they are only really in that to interact with each other is not youre not exposed to outside sources of the virus thats right well i mean its not its not is frowned upon if they do that and any interactions they do have have to be put down in a big book so if even even if a journalist wants to speak to them they have to arrive with a with a with a recent corona free city if it gets and only then are they allowed to even have distance contact with the people who are in the red group ok so a lot of high security lets talk a little bit about the history of this festival this is. The 100th anniversary actually of actually the salzburg festival and every year it starts off with the same play its called yet on mine and its a play actually about confronting death which is more relevant than ever i would see him play about confronting death thats right and when it was 1st put on 100 years ago. They obviously had just come out although maybe i was still going through the spanish flu time and another pandemic yet another pandemic and then also the whole festival sort of arose out of the ruins of the 1st world will anyway so we had that going on so there are a lot of parallels yeah ok so history sort of i mean for one pandemic after another 100th anniversary of the thoughts book festival thanks so much Melissa Horry for coming in syria and german artists on some key for i was born in 1945 the year the nazis law lost world war 2 now growing up surrounded by people whove lived through the 3rd ice and refer to refused to talk about it that left before with questions that he still explores today in his art full of references to poetry mythology and magic his current exhibition at the france Market Museum in southern germany where is the chance for a rare conversation with the artist. Artist and same keeper considers himself a sort of alchemy just trying to create life from dirt and fire he sees himself as the creator of the new world. Believe that light is the our small life is like a miniature version of the cosmos what we see in the vastness of the cosmos that endlessness exists just the same in the other direction within us always to newells. Man is the measure of all things and work is the purpose of life so for him art can be huge and encompassing an entire universe of meaning the forces of the muscles moment of my art is neither immoderate nor monumental certainly not a moderate because there is no beauty without moderation and not monumental because i dont create money with me everything is in flux rules. Kiefers most affecting works pay homage to writers and their works this piece is dedicated to the late austrian poet and author in the book. Massive lead books serve as symbolic depositories of human languages and the memories of catastrophes guilt and crimes. Only for us nudism up in there but im always fascinated when someone gives the world a certain order creates a new context i try to do that to go examine ourselves. Schieffer uses natural materials such as wood twigs iron and cotton chosen based on the emotions they arouse in him. Its byard by inch of mythology german history and by his encounters with other creative people and some key for his work can be read on several levels here bricks evoke the rubble of war behind the human mind imprisoned kiefer shows us that. Freedom comes through creativity through dreams. And speaking of dreams Fashion Designer Duren Lansing doesnt just dream up whatever styles he likes 1st he rummages around what others have come up with 1st the stuff that no ones bought we got to visit lancer at his studio and hampster. A coach that combines fabrics from high end fashion labels like celine prada calvin klein and Ralph Simmons rearranged and reassembled thats designer duran nineteenths concept. When i was young i was always cutting up old pieces this is the design that made the designers name in 2018 he created these the giant of pans or american soul singers and nell monet. Duran is especially proud of the coat he created for superstar billy eilish its made up of 2 quilted jackets by the carhartt fashion label after the singer wore it for a photo shoot its value soared by several 1000 euros in. Luxury Department Stores provide him with unsold apparel for free he makes new items out of it and sells them back. But. Has another highly new idea creating session without any. He would like to. Envision a completely people. Approach. Now whether youre wearing just holograms and lights or maybe jeans and a t. 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