{"id":5960,"date":"2017-06-22T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T08:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2017-06-22T10:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T08:16:17","slug":"the-7-year-itch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/the-7-year-itch\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Year Itch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7yearitch\"<\/a><\/p>\n

7 Jahre Torstra\u00dfenfestival \u2013 das verflixte siebte Jahr. Wir m\u00fcssen reden. Denn irgendwas juckt, irgendwas kratzt, irgendwas stimmt hier nicht. It\u2019s the 7 year itch! And, it\u2019s an itchy time, isn\u2019t it? Populismus, Kapitalismus, Gentrifizierung, Diskriminierung, \u00dcberwachungsstaat, Filter Bubbles, a-l-l-e-s geht den Bach runter! Und wir so? Musikfestival. Jahr f\u00fcr Jahr. Nice. Aber, was bringt das eigentlich? Und geht nicht eigentlich immer alles den Bach runter, irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann<\/i>? In Mali, in China, in Mitte? Da h\u00e4tte man auch schon fr\u00fcher durchdrehen k\u00f6nnen. Oder sollen. Oder m\u00fcssen! Also. Da ist sie, DIE KRISE, und klopft an die T\u00fcr der vermeintlichen Komfortzone.<\/p>\n

Tock, tock. \u00bbJa hallo, Torstra\u00dfenfestival hier, Entschuldigung, wir machen so ein nettes Event und w\u00fcrden gerne mit all dem nichts zu tun haben, ginge das?\u00ab Nein. Nochmal.<\/p>\n

Tock, tock. \u00bbJa hallo, Torstra\u00dfenfestival hier, so werden wir die Welt nicht \u00e4ndern, wir schmei\u00dfen hin!\u00ab Nein. Auch nicht.<\/p>\n

Also, okay, let\u2019s try this again! Mit unseren Mitteln. Ein Festival als offene Versuchsanordnung. Ein Experiment aus Pop-Musik, Stadt und Welt. Aus viel zu vielen Konzerten an ganz verschiedenen Orten, aus all den Sounds, Charakteren und Identit\u00e4ten, die uns begeistern. Mit Zugereisten und Einheimischen, mit G\u00e4sten und Nachbarn. Mit unserer Community, Eurer Community und vor allem: der<\/i> Community. Jedes Mal ein bisschen neu und jedes Mal ziemlich offen f\u00fcr alles und alle, die ein bisschen anders ticken. Weil Musik mehr ist als Vernunft und Logik, weil Musik etwas kann, was dazwischen liegt, weil sie eine Stimme gibt und verbindet.<\/p>\n

Nat\u00fcrlich bleibt es kompliziert. It is what it is. Aber im Zweifel f\u00fcr den Zweifel<\/i>, f\u00fcr die Auseinandersetzung und f\u00fcr das Dilemma! Und f\u00fcr Musik \u2013 mit Harmonien und Dissonanzen, Zwischent\u00f6nen und St\u00f6rger\u00e4uschen.<\/p>\n

TSF\u201917 \u2013 feel the itch!<\/i><\/p>\n

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Torstra\u00dfen Festival turns 7 years old \u00a0\u2014 yes, it\u2019s that so-called jinxed seventh year!\u00a0And, indeed we have to talk. Something is on our mind. Something is itching. Something is grating on our nerves; it\u2019s just not quite right. It\u2019s the 7 year itch!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It sure is an itchy time, isn\u2019t it? Populism, capitalism, gentrification, discrimination, surveillance state, filter bubbles\u2014it seems like literally everything is going down the tubes. And us? Well, year after year we make a solid music festival. Nice, but is it actually of any consequence? And doesn\u2019t everything just go to shit somehow, somewhere, at some point, anyway? In Mali, in China, in Mitte? Could have panicked before, right? Should have! MUST have. So the long-looming CRISIS has arrived, and its knock-knock-knocking on the door of our alleged \u201ccomfort zone\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knock, knock. \u201cYeah, hi, Torstra\u00dfen Festival here. Um, so we organize this nice little event, and it would be super cool if we could just stay out of all that other stuff. Is that O.K.?\u201d \u2014 Nope. Try again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knock knock. \u201cYeah, hi, Torstra\u00dfen Festival here. Phew, we can\u2019t change the world, so we\u2019re just gonna throw in the towel, alright? What\u2019s the point?\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Still nope. Strike two.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ok. Let\u2019s try this again, with our own means. Creating a music festival as an experimental arrangement, a laboratory with an alchemic reaction between music, city, and world. Far too many concerts, at various different venues, with all of the sounds, characters and identities that excite us: guest performers who\u2019ve come in from out of town and local performers from the basement next door. Our community, your community, and, most importantly, THE community. Every time a little bit different, every time open to everything and everyone that goes slightly against the grain. Because music is more than reason and logic, and because music is capable of something that lies between \u2014 it gives a voice and connects us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course it\u2019s still complicated. It is what it is. But here\u2019s to doubt, here\u2019s to debate, here\u2019s to dilemma! And here\u2019s to music \u2013 with harmonies and dissonances, with nuances, shades, noise and static.<\/span><\/p>\n

TSF\u201917 \u2013 feel the itch!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 Jahre Torstra\u00dfenfestival \u2013 das verflixte siebte Jahr. Wir m\u00fcssen reden. Denn irgendwas juckt, irgendwas kratzt, irgendwas stimmt hier nicht. It\u2019s the 7 year itch! And, it\u2019s an itchy time, isn\u2019t it? Populismus, Kapitalismus, Gentrifizierung, Diskriminierung, \u00dcberwachungsstaat, Filter Bubbles, a-l-l-e-s geht den Bach runter! Und wir so? Musikfestival. Jahr f\u00fcr Jahr. Nice. Aber, was bringt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-17"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6451,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions\/6451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}