This event is wheelchair accessible.
Birds don't sing out of joy, but because they have something to say.
Synthesizer sounds, singing, and nocturnal gardens provide the backdrop for the whims of birds. The concert performance Sceptical Birds seeks an idiosyncratic understanding of animal languages and the existential questions they conceal.
An androgynous figure moves awkwardly through the twilight and begins to sing with a voice that hovers between genders and languages: What if we didn't have to wait for a new day? What if the night were saved?
Jacob Bussmann's music takes up the melodic twists and circular repetitions of bird calls without imitating them realistically. His intricate compositions break away from traditional pop structures, disintegrate into syllables, set poems by Gertrude Stein to music, and indulge in grand gestures.
Meeting point: Gewächshaus (greenhouse), Merian Gärten
out & about - Kaserne Basel x Merian Gärten
14:00-17:00 Alma Söderberg: Sound a Rose In
15:00 Milo Probst: Anarchistische Ökologien
18:00 Petra Serhal: Gestures of Care: Sihr
19:30 ALICE
21:00 Bruno Freire: Life is not useful
23:00 Jacob Bussmann: Sceptical Birds
23:45 Patricija Katica Bronic, Jasmin Albash:
With a ticket for a single event from out & about, you can attend all events from out & about - Kaserne Basel x Merian Gärten on September 6, 2025!
Jacob Bussmann
Jacob Bussmann lives in Frankfurt/M and works as a singer, pianist, composer and performer. He studied piano at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt/M and the Sibelius Academy Helsinki as well as applied theater studies in Gießen. In production structures of the independent scene in Frankfurt/M (Mousonturm, Implantieren Festival, Produktionshaus Naxos, saasfee*pavillon) Jacob collaborates on theatrical, performative and musical projects. Since 2018, he has repeatedly created solo concert performances, most recently “Sweetbitter Songs”. He works continuously with director Jan Philipp Stange, including for the performance musicals “Szenario” and “Sachbericht”. Last year, Jacob was also involved in productions by Caroline Creutzburg, Arthur Romanowski and F. Wiesel. Productions in which he has participated have been invited to the Körber Studio Junge Regie (Hamburg), Bâtard Festival (Amsterdam), Works at Work (Copenhagen), Fast Forward (Dresden) and Impulse Festival (Düsseldorf), among others.
Credits
Jacob Bussmann
Music/Performance
Rahel Kesselring
Scenography
Henrike Kohpeiß
Dramaturgy
Hanna Steinmair
Choreography
Rupert Jaud
Sound Direction