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Nina Vallon and Norbert Pape, both members of ID_Frankfurt, are independent dancers longing for an urban infrastructure suitable to their work and life. A non-institutionalised network such as ID_frankfurt formed on a common political interest ‘the urban infrastructure’ is gaining visibility in the city of Frankfurt. The communication between the Kulturamt and ID_frankfurt is mainly publicly visible in the newspapers and it has achieved an approach towards the independent dance scene and its realities it is facing. The realities are a lack of money and space to rehearse in as well as a continuity in understanding the independent production process.

ID_frankfurt pronounced in German sounds like idea frankfurt and could spend an identity for the city but should mainly just create a surface to visualise and communicate the Independent Dance in Frankfurt.

ID_frankfurt has organised the festival tanzpanorama which makes the independent scene accessible to the public. The format offers short projects and betters the exchange among the artists.

Norbert Pape and Nina Villan have been working at the Moussonturm, tanzlabor and the Forsythe Company all based in Frankfurt.

Right now there are artists in residence at the MAK in Frankfurt and you should drop by to see them elaborate their art and maybe as well be part of the process. It goes until May 2011.

Gegenlicht 21, an association with 30 photographers on basic democratic grounds, formed because of the ungoing demonstrations and manifestations against Stuttgart21: the dead-end railway station is supposed to become a pass-through underground station. On the upperlevel a new district with comercial private use like banks and shopping centres will be constructed. Gegenlicht21 wants to documentate and publish their point of view of this process.
Each monday people are demonstrating against the demolition of the existing railway station – a well functioning urban space designed by architect Paul Bonatz constructed in the 1920s and worth a UNESCO heritage. The pacifique manifestations which have started with 5 to 10 people 60 weeks ago had suffered some very violent police action in September 2010 where a few thousand people demonstrated peacefully against the project. 400 people got injured.

The two girls have written on their papers: “Wir sind friedlich!” = “We are peaceful!”. The foto was taken by Martin Sigmund, one of the 30 members of Gegenlicht21.

Now around 5.000 to 10.000 people of all kind of ages are demonstrating each week – probably until the regional elections in March, when a definitive answer will be faced.

Andreas Langer, journalist and photographer based in Stuttgart, participates in the movement of Gegenlicht 21, too, and shares his point of view:
0:22 We are talking about Stuttgart.
0:39 What are the changes?
2:15 UNESCO
2:48 What are the positive outputs of the changes?
5:42 What about the central areas?
8:20 What are the results of the demonstrations?
9:34 What is ‘Gegenlicht’?
10:32 What does Gegenlicht21 do?
12:54 The future for Stuttgart?
14:13 Public participation in urban transformations?